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Robert M. Lane

A “New” Boat

Here’s a story with a happy ending for an older boat and her owners. It’s also about a boating entrepreneur who found a market niche

Found In Sweden GB42 Hull No. 1

Not long ago, while writing about the launching of the 1,500TH 42- foot Grand Banks, I wondered in print about the whereabouts of the first

Secrets Of A Sea Trial

You decide to buy a new boat. Send several large checks to the builder, drop in occasionally to check progress and to make suggestions. And

Marine Refrigeration

The beer is warm. The spinach is unfrozen. The ice cream is soupy. Refrigerators, whether at home or at sea, seldom fail. But when their

Blue Jacket

Tom and Carol Olson had owned Bluejacket, a Dutch-built double-ended motor yacht, only a few hours when a nasty storm birthed by a far-away hurricane did

A Bare Boat

Here’s a shining idea. How about building that ideal, near perfect, long range or coastal cruising motorboat out of aluminum? Bare-naked aluminum. It would be

William Garden

William Garden, the naval architect and marine engineer, is a romantic, a traditionalist, a perfectionist. He’s a man who cherishes privacy and does not suffer

The Camano Trail

In almost any discussion of the affordable Camano pocket trawler one of the first questions is: How do you pronounce it? In Canada, where the

Three side-by-side screenshots from the Navionics app showing nautical charts of Hell Gate and Wards Island, contrasting a correct manually plotted water route on the left with two flawed AI-generated routes on the middle and right that erroneously plot course lines directly across land.

A Suspicious Plot

I used AI to chart a course through a notorious waterway. The results were unusable.

An exterior dusk photograph looking through the large side windows into the illuminated, warm cherrywood salon and helm area of a Sabre motor yacht as the sun sets over the water.

South by Down East

A brisk November run from Connecticut to New Jersey showcases just how comfortable the Sabre 51 Salon Express really is.

A scenic overhead view looking down a long, wooden floating dock at Princess Louisa Marine Provincial Park in British Columbia, with several powerboats and sailboats moored along it, surrounded by calm, dark fjord waters and towering, forested granite mountains under a partly cloudy sky.

A Thin Space

Cruisers face challenges getting to Princess Louisa Inlet, but it’s worth it to experience this cruising ground’s natural beauty.

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