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Design

A side-profile design rendering of a modern, sleek silver lobster-style cruiser boat, floating above its own shadow against a solid light olive-green background. The vessel features a sharp, rising bow line, a brown rub rail stretching along the length of its hull, and an enclosed grey cabin structure with three rectangular glass windows. A covered open deck extends from the back of the cabin with thin vertical support posts, and a tall antenna rises from the center of the rooftop.

Project Langosta

A Down East icon provides inspiration for this gentlemanly cruiser.

A Classic Fantail

A reimagined modern fantail yacht design blending classic elegance with hybrid propulsion.

A Different Approach

B/OLD redefines classic trawler design with modernist styling, innovative features, and ocean-ready performance. Discover this bold 50-ft vessel’s details.

High-Flying Bird

The full-displacement Sea Hawker is a ticket to comfortable off-grid exploration.

River Tender 42

This aluminum runabout serves double duty as a comfortable day boat and capable coastal cruiser.

Pocket Explorer

An RV trip inspires a concept for a towable vessel that opens up vast areas for exploration.

Mirror, Mirror

A different approach leads a designer to make updates to the Devlin 37 while retaining her essence.

Pure Purpose

The Camarone 40 can be designed as a pure powerboat, but she shines as a motorsailer.

Absolute 70 Fly

Absolute 70 Fly Reviewed

Twin 1,000-hp Volvo Penta D13s and 285 nautical miles of range give the new Absolute 70 Fly the room and speed to roam.

Twin delivery captains Assen and Nikolay Alexandrov standing on the bow deck of a motor yacht docked alongside a pier.

The Twins

After more than 500,000 nautical miles as yacht delivery captains, Assen and Nikolay Alexandrov are still bringing boats home.

Alt Text: A close-up view of two polished stainless-steel windlasses and anchor gypsies mounted on the white foredeck of a yacht under a partly cloudy sky.

Anchors Aweigh

Windlass and ground tackle maintenance can make all the difference in an emergency.

A Garmin marine chartplotter display screen showing a digital nautical map with AIS vessel tracking, route waypoints, and navigation data overlay.

Understanding AIS

Good seamanship means using every available tool, but never relying on any one alone.

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.

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