
Best Boats
The editors talk about some of their favorite classic boats.


This brand new 2018 Sea Ray L590 Fly Yacht is the only one of its kind on the West Coast.

The owner of Jeff Merrill Yacht Sales discusses brokerage during a pandemic—and offers tips for current buyers and sellers to succeed.

SnowGhost is the next generation motor yacht from Hatteras Yachts.

“Bel Sogno” is hull #2 of Riva’s 88 Florida line and has everything you would expect from one of the most prestigious Italian shipyards — performance, quality, class — and more.

Brokerage experts say the market for trawlers and long-range cruisers is shifting. Buyers may hold an advantage.

The president of Fort Lauderdale-based Denison Yachting discusses his business and the challenges of moving through and beyond the current troubles.

We can spend years planning for a bucket-list trip and then life gets in the way. Go now.

Splashing later this year.

Karly and Evan Nietzel—aka YouTube’s @Navigating Nietzels—tailored their careers for remote work after buying a trawler, moving onboard and completing the Great Loop. Along with their pup, Ripley, they’re just getting started.

This aluminum vessel’s throwback design belies its modern systems, all installed for a Great Loop cruise.

The three-stateroom, semidisplacement model has a range of power options and a low air draft.

A solar-power system on our classic trawler lets us spend time moored or anchored with more than enough juice to meet our energy needs.

America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association has been helping boaters complete the ultimate voyage for a quarter century.

The steel-hull Nightfall, designed by William Garden, connects generations of this family through a love of cruising.

Larry Graf, the founder, designer and lead engineer of Aspen Power Catamarans, talks about Aspen’s proa hull designs and adventure cruising on his own creations from the Arctic to the Sea of Cortez.

With her vertical bow, reverse raked windshield and indoor-outdoor living space, the Galeon 430 EXP defies categorization.