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Maine boats that love rough water

Jamie and Joe Lowell continue a family tradition of building Down East boats used for work or pleasure

This Lowell 26 combines seaworthiness with economy and handsome lines. At the Maine Boatbuilders Show in Portland early this spring, I was standing at an exhibitor booth watching a video of a classic 34-foot wooden lobster boat named Osprey running along at about 30 knots, slicing nonchalantly through a 1-foot chop with no discernible vertical motions.

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Aluminum boats show their mettle

Toughness, strength, low maintenance

Rock Salt Alloy Boats says its welded-aluminum 34-foot center console has – There are many reasons to consider a plate aluminum vessel

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Decision time: Will it be new or used?

Regardless of a boat’s age, you’ll be well-served by taking an educated approach to the purchase

Access to systems is one of many factors to consider. No matter how you look at it, there’s a buyer’s market out there ready for the picking.

‘Building’ the perfect powerboat

Seaworthiness, safety, engine efficiency and unsinkability are at the top of this writer’s design brief

When Soundings editor Bill Sisson asked me to devote a column to musings about my ideal boat, I thought this could be fun — and I was right. Though it’s hard to say it all in a column-length article, here’s a basic outline of what I would look for in my next boat.

On Powerboats

Taking a lesson from a behemoth

Naval architect Eric Sponberg took some cues from the Romsdal trawlers of Norway in designing the Moloka'i Strait 65. Even if your boat isn’t an oceangoing passagemaker, a look at the Moloka’i Strait 65 is instructive.

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