Design

Sam Devlin’s TugZilla 26  is small enough to be a real harbor-type tug, but is  versatile enough to serve in many capacities.

“Designed by a fish.” That’s how the Fortier 26 was described in issue 12 of Nautical Quarterly, back in 1980.

For the sailor who needs an incentive to embrace the slightly simpler world of powerboating, the Hylas M58 might do the trick.

The Hampton boat is one of those wonderful, enduring designs that has survived for more than a century, tweaked and modified by builders along the way.

Sam Devlin  takes June's Rover 29 design and creates a practical but pretty cruising version that would fill any mariner's heart with wanderlust.

Fans of Cubism rejoice: Your ship has come in.

It’s not uncommon for me to be asked, “Of all the designs you have done, which is your favorite?”

Fluid may be the best single-word description of the Couach 1500.

In the online postings, the dust jackets on the books are torn and faded, not from lack of care but from love of use

Two great cruising adventures are possible in North America: the Inside Passage of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Loop, which wraps the eastern third of the United States and the southeastern part of Canada.

Trends in design, especially those we perceive as radical departures, always risk becoming clichés.

Anyone who knows me is aware of the two women who are the loves of my life: my lovely wife and first mate, Soitza, and the little retired salmon troller Josephine.

“This boat comes closest to the boat I’d actually want for myself,” says designer Michael Peters.

I couldn’t count how many times I have visited with prospective customers who, while talking about sailboats, have said, “I love it when I shut down the engine and hear only the sound of the water.”

The stunning simplicity of Reliant Yachts’ X40 express just might redefine the term “classic” as it applies to boats.

Tiara has built its reputation on a solid foundation of high quality and conservative design. When it introduced the 50  Coupe a few years ago, the styling took a few risks. The newly conceived Tiara Sport 37 LS takes another step up the  stairway of style — and she’s the debut offering in a new Sport series, which will include the first outboard-powered Tiara models in the builder’s history.

Inspiration sometimes follows a strange and twisted path to reality, initially as simple sketches, later as a full design and later yet — if at all — as a living and breathing vessel on the water.

Harold Burnham and his hand-built ships are the living embodiment of a New England town’s traditions.