People and Places

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.

Poisonous paints are often used to fight barnacles, but now scientists may have found a better solution.

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.

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.

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

Alongside her mothership, a Hatteras GT63 convertible crosses the Atlantic to the Azores on her own bottom in pursuit of exotic ports and billfish.

Five years ago, Sam Merrett saw the Ceres on the Hudson River waterfront and had an epiphany about education, alternative fuels and sailing.

Built in 2003, Ranger was the first modern J-Class sailing yacht.

The Figaro Beneteau 3, or FB3, is the world’s first production foiling one-design monohull.

Zodiac-Nautic in June launched its OPEN 5.5 RIB.

The August 2005 crash off Bay Shore, New York, left physical and psychological damage that lingers to this day.

Boats. Lots of boats. Lots of beautiful, classic and antique boats will be on display at the 36th Annual Antique and Classic Boat Festival.

Yamaha Marine in May launched its XTO Offshore platform by introducing the XF425, a 425-horsepower, four-stroke outboard that is the company’s highest-horsepower offering to date.

The town of Hempstead, New York, at least for the near future, is allowing the continuation of boating as usual.

Modern tenders might be outfitted with 1200 or more horsepower and be capable of speeds of 50 knots or more.

A new meteorological buoy in the Southern Ocean may have recorded the largest wave — 78 feet tall — ever measured in the Southern Hemisphere.