
Spring Commissioning: A Year-Round Endeavor
The best time for getting your boat ready to spend weeks at sea is after you’ve just returned.

The best time for getting your boat ready to spend weeks at sea is after you’ve just returned.
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
Here we are aboard Ursa Major—a 65-foot North Sea trawler rolling softly in gentle Pacific swells a mile off Lituya Bay on Alaska’s south central
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
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
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
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
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, the naval architect and marine engineer, is a romantic, a traditionalist, a perfectionist. He’s a man who cherishes privacy and does not suffer
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

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

This boat is a modern riff on an old-timey classic.

Why modern boat handling tools make us better and safer boaters.

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

A speed trap delays a morning boat shoot, leading to an unexpected lesson on patience.

From hull design to onboard flow, these legendary powerboats proved that great cruising never goes out of style.

Easy Waste Tank Vent Filter

Apollonio & Vripack Custom Power Cat

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

How The Yacht Group is making precision boat handling accessible to every owner.