Pim Van Hemmen

Historic sailboats on England’s Norfolk Broads get electric motors so pushing the boat along with a pole is no longer necessary

A humpback whale with a fishing net entangled on its head goes up a New Jersey River, gets hit by a boat and disappears before it can be helped.

The Luna Rossa America’s Cup boat aimed for the sky and “shocked” its crew

Piotr Zin’s Z2R electric runabout is the fruition of the designer’s circuitous boatbuilding journey.

The 50-foot shrimp boat was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to become an artificial fishing reef and to honor the scout’s grandfather.

The Old Line State was the last to lift its recreational boating restrictions.

A bottlenose dolphin that followed a boat from France into the Dutch port of Amsterdam was lured back to saltwater.

Two Venetian designers created a 14-seat hybrid-powered luxury water taxi to help save the serene city.

The Board said the operator ignored weather warnings and the Coast Guard failed to implement safety recommendations after an eerily similar tragedy in 1999.

The Erie Canal will not open to boat traffic on May 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

According to research, the diversity of life in the deep ocean is far greater than previously believed, which might have repercussions for deep sea mining.

Researchers have learned that land-based Jurassic crocodiles evolved into efficient ocean predators by developing inner ears that mimicked those of whales and dolphins.

Randall Reeves is the first known sailor to complete a figure eight around the Americas and Antarctica

Mike and Barrett Howarth want to build the ultimate sportfishing machine

This collection of virtual ocean adventures by Britain’s The Guardian newspaper will transport you to some of the finest underwater locations on the planet.

Voyage Charters is holding a drawing for a free British Virgin Islands charter exclusively for COVID-19 frontline workers.

Tampa Bay pilot Carolyn Kurtz has navigated more than a few challenges in the maritime world.

A ship’s remains that periodically reappear on a sandy Maine beach may be the 1754 pinky sloop Defiance.

Without a retail store, a family-owned seafood business sells its fresh wares from a parking lot to bring back a little activity to a coronavirus-idled waterfront.

The governor’s order to stay at home means there will be no recreational boating until further notice.

The Pilgrim, a replica of the ship that took Two Years Before the Mast author Richard Henry Dana to California in the early 1800s, started to list over the weekend and may be a total loss.

A Washington state non-profit organization is saving a wooden 1906 salmon fishing boat, one of the last of its kind.

After banning all recreational boating in Miami-Dade County the mayor is making exceptions for marina liveaboards and for emergency repairs.

Two Maryland-based boat shops donated 21,000 respirator masks and 1,050 boxes of nitrile gloves for use by first responders and healthcare workers.

Two J Class yachts collide during the Superyacht Challenge Antigua

Carlo Borlenghi’s nautical photography stands alone.

A video shows a man patiently waiting for rescuers as his boat burns behind him.

A photographer captures a breaching whale as it nearly crushes a catamaran off the coast of Hawaii

A Tampa Bay charter captain gets in deep water after a video shows him scraping a manatee with a fishing pole.

A 250-foot cargo ship that was abandoned by its crew in 2018 has made its way to Ireland unmanned.

With a storm coming, the impulse to sail creates a sticky situation for Pim Van Hemmen.

Every year, the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star creates a critical path through the ice to allow logistics vessels to resupply the United States’ Antarctic stations

Researchers outfitted large seabirds with radar detectors to spot ocean vessels that had turned off their AIS systems, and the results were shocking.

The Dutch company revealed its second all-electric boat design at Boot Düsseldorf 2020.

Pacific Northwest boats are built for the region’s tough conditions, which makes them capable of going pretty much anywhere.

A ride offshore aboard a Ribcraft 9.0 shows how RIBs have evolved to become great all-purpose boats.

­Built to give an America’s Cup-type experience, the Eagle Class 53 Catamaran is turning heads.

A World War II U.S. Navy surplus whaleboat has served the same family for more than 60 years.

A new study suggests that young killer whales benefit from having their grandmothers around.

Scientists say the loss of ice matches a dire sea-level rise scenario outlined by the United Nations.

The Sirena 58 Coupé will make its debut at the 2020 Miami Yacht Show.

Back Cove Announces New 39-Foot Outboard-Powered Model

The builder says it will be one of the fastest and most fuel-efficient motoryachts in the world.

Glory Boats makes caskets shaped like fishing boats for outdoorsmen who want to go to their final destination aboard their favorite vessel.

A building contractor, with help from a professional boatbuilder, restores a wooden 1966 Penbo trawler yacht.

Instructors at Rhode Island’s Sail Newport teach the city’s fourth-graders more than just sailing.

The Vancouver Rowing Club says the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club’s marina expansion plan will limit access to the water for others. The yacht club disagrees.

The Dutch builder says the 26-foot, battery-powered boat will have a running time of up to 6 hours and a top speed of 32 knots.