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Growing the perfect giant pumpkin requires good genetics and hard work. Turning one into a race boat requires something else

Refitting your boat before trying to sell it? Experts say these are the projects most likely to pay off

Mark Ellis nurtured his love of boats and boating through the range of work he produced over a long, distinguished career as a yacht designer

When Onne van der Wal needs to get his Grand Banks 32 from New York to Annapolis he calls on a fellow Dutchman

As more builders introduce new models with electric propulsion, DIY types are converting their old boats with their own hands

Are you ready to buy that dream boat? Be aware the biggest hurdle to ownership isn’t inflation or rising interest rates. It’s getting insurance.

The MJM 4 is the second model in MJM’s line of day-cruising boats, a series the company says represents the future of the brand.

Real, operable amphibious vehicles are now regularly on display at major boat shows, and even the makers of submersibles are touting transformative characteristics that change undersea watercraft into on-the-surface yachts.

A storm of Hurricane Ian's magnitude provides far more complexity than other storms.

Owners of runabouts, sailboats, fishing boats and midsize motoryachts are flooding bareboat charter companies with inquiries for a particular kind of vacation booking: the power catamaran.

A liveaboard couple discovers that cruising the Great Loop was even more comfortable on their Aquila 44 catamaran.

These new, modern trawlers have traditional long-range performance, as well as updated style and panache

A couple tackles the Race to Alaska—a 750-mile mad dash from Port Townsend, Washington, to Ketchikan, Alaska—with endurance, grit and ingenuity while testing the foundation of their relationship

Experienced marine outfitter Andrew Cooley, owner of Cooley Marine Management teamed up with a retired orthodontist to complete an eye-catching 1969 Bertram 31 restomod

The sixth running of the Camden Classics Cup regatta was a hit and a launch party for Lyman-Morse’s new waterfront facility.

Builders are launching some exciting new boat models this fall.

This year, consider a summer cruise to Lake Champlain, where the air is clear, the water is fresh, line-of-sight piloting is the norm, and the waterfront towns in Upstate New York and Vermont are mostly free of crushing crowds.

If there’s one word that describes what’s going on in Maine boatbuilding today, it’s “diversity.

Lots of factors including family dynamics effect boat buying decisions. Soundings spoke to four families who recently bought a boat that they felt was the right one for them.

What compels serious sailors to pour immense amounts of time, money and energy toward sailing the Newport Bermuda Race? It’s all about devotion.

A trip across the Gulf Stream offers an opportunity to test Beneteau’s brand-new Swift Trawler 48 and a chance to see a storied island

Center console boats in the 30- to 40-foot range are some of the most sought-after designs on the water today

How big and fast can electric outboard motors get, and how far will they be able to go?

Newport Yacht Builders turns a proven commercial hull into a custom luxury cruiser