Regulator

Meet the newest member of the Regulator family.

Bill Sisson and Dan Harding check out the Regulator 26XO at her debut during the 2019 Miami International Boat Show.

Editor Dan Harding checks out the Regulator 31 at its debut at the 2017 Miami International Boat Show.

Our Boat Test of the Regulator 41 Center Console.

Named one of the prettiest boats of all time by Power & Motoryacht.

Our first look at the Regulator 41

Power & Motoryacht's boat test of the Regulator 25

The latest from Regulator—a 23—doesn’t disappoint.

Power & Motoryacht's boat test of the Regulator 34 Center Console.

Our first look at the Regulator 34

From Regulator, the Edenton, North Carolina, company that prides itself on building boats with “legendary rides,” comes the 28 FS. Originally concieved as a step-up from the company’s popular 26-foot model—but with added amenities such as fold-down transom seating—this is a sleek, no-frills center console that is sure to tantalize any hardcore fisherman. Her

The Mid-Atlantic states tend to get a little frosty in late December. In fact, when I pulled into Bluewater Yachting Center in Hampton, Virginia, and parked my car behind the prototype Regulator 34 SS (Side Seating) I was gonna sea trial that morning, the dashboard readout on the ol’ rental car marked the ambience outside at 39˚F. And what’s more, the tops of the trees ‘round about were swaying

Mostly it's multimillion-dollar yachts that dominate this space, so the new Regulator 34SS is a decided change of pace. Indeed, what's interesting about this boat is that she appeals to both serious sportsmen who already own a battlewagon yet want a more efficient angling platform and those looking for a mid-30-foot sportfisherman as their primary (or possibly only) boat.

Center-console boats will always be objects of my affection. As teenagers my friends and I spent large chunks of our summer vacations cruising, fishing, and looking for trouble on a 17-footer in the backwaters of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. At any given time my friends and I had her loaded up with surfboards, diving and fishing gear, or just a horde of people bound for a favorite anchorage. Later I