According to the National Marine Manufacturers Assn. (NMMA), approximately 300,000 small powerboats were produced in the U.S. in 2003, with a total value of about $9 billion (USD). The vast majority ...

My first boat was an Owens cabin cruiser, built in the early 1960s, about 30 feet long and powered by a single ­gasoline engine. Back then I thought it was the end all, be all — at least until I tried ...

If you’re looking to upgrade your current boat rig, or purchase your first one, plenty of great offerings exist for 2026.

The vessel Take Charge is powered by a 40-horsepower Flux Marine electric outboard, and charged with solar power. While the boat is in use, data is gathered using a “baseline usage device” to help ...

Even though there is still a substantial amount of wooden yacht construction and restoration out there, wooden hull construction has pretty much gone the way of the mastodonts. To find a new ...

Rockets and boats have more in common than you’d think, explains Ryan Cook. And while I get the feeling that he has made this point before, he’s also the guy who would know. Cook spent nearly a decade ...

The sandy shores of Shelter Island’s Sunset Beach were lined with all manner of restomod cars when I visited Long Island at the end of the summer—Ford Bronco this, Corvette Stingray that. You get the ...