People and Places

Fawcett Boat Supplies in Annapolis has been wowing boaters with its deep inventory and knowledgeable service for 70 years.

The quiet and remote island of Cuttyhunk is an angler’s dream where fish are very plentiful, but people are not.

A quaint colonial seaport in Maryland now boasts a new $6 million municipal marina.

The U.S. Coast Guard spent 11 days searching 350,000 square miles of ocean for an 82-year-old sailor.  He was never  found, but there are lessons to be learned from the tragedy.

Sabre Yachts begins construction on a new 58-footer that rounds out its Salon Express lineup.

Vanquish Boats updates its 26-foot center console with a new forward cuddy, improved hardtop, recycled composite materials and more features.

Triton Submarines launches a new submersible designed to explore the deepest parts of the world’s oceans, over and over again.

President Trump signs the American Water Infrastructure Act, which includes funding for projects that could make boating more convenient for cruisers up and down the East Coast.

Marquis-Larson will build a new Lexus-branded luxury flybridge yacht, the LY 650, which will launch in 2019.

Kadey-Krogen announces plans for a new venture called Summit Motoryachts, a series of planing hull cruisers designed for those who want to travel comfortably at 20 knots.

Frustrated with boat thieves, two owners take action and create a community watch group through Facebook.

They say the job of a U.S. Air Force pararescueman combines the skills of a Navy Seal, an Army Ranger and a medic.

It’s one of the world’s best- known charter companies and to celebrate its 50th  anniversary The Moorings adds a new 50-footer to its fleet of catamarans.

Phil Thompson was a sailor, fisherman and author. Peter Swanson remembers the man, and the book he wrote that captured the surreal nature of Cuban-American relations.

Seaway, the Slovenian builder of 33- to 65-foot hybrid yachts, plans to debut its flybridge—the Greenline 45 Fly—at the Miami International Boat Show in February.

Hurricane Florence leaves flooding and destruction in her wake, particularly in New Bern, North Carolina, where boat owners and builders were forced to stay vigilant.

A new documentary contends rogue waves may explain some of the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle.

During World War I, British painter Norman Wilkinson designed bold, high-contrast paint patterns to camouflage Allied ships and confuse enemy submarines.

In 1999, the National Park Service moved the 1870 Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina 1,500 feet inland to protect it from the encroaching ocean.

Rough tidal conditions and stiff winds did not deter the wooden-boat sailors at the 46th Opera House Cup Regatta off Nantucket, Massachusetts.

At the Antique & Classic Boat Show in Salem, Massachusetts, award- winning designs are thoughtfullly maintained by doting owners.