Boat Reviews

Boats.com, BoatTrader.com, Brunswick are sponsoring a video contest to show what can be done with an aluminum boat. Grand prize is a Triton Storm 16, Mercury motor, and trailer. …Read More

“This was more of a new build than a refit. I think the term remanufactured describes it pretty well.” So says Capt. Ted McCumber, who has been overseeing the transformation of the superyacht formerly known as Evergreen into Attessa IV. She’s ... …Read More

  This is my Omega Speedmaster, a fancy mechanical chronograph that my wife gave me for my birthday a couple of years back. It is, in fact, a special 50th anniversary edition of this legendary time piece, released back in 2007, when I myself turned... …Read More

These days voyaging south down the U.S. East Coast via the Intracoastal Waterway is so commonplace as to be cliché. Literally thousands of cruisers now make the pilgrimage annually. Calling themselves “snowbirds,” they ply the murky waters of the ... …Read More

In a sign of the times, more than 100 craftspeople that Palmer Johnson hired for its UK-based yacht-building operations have been laid off. Both the Daily Echo newspaper and Boating Business magazine reported earlier this week that the yard in Hythe, ... …Read More

Anything “extreme” makes for good copy and even better video. And across the boating spectrum, there’s plenty of stuff that qualifies as extreme—even in sailing. (What do you expect? I’m a high-performance powerboat guy and I’m expected to ... …Read More

A fast motoryacht that's comfortable too? Look for this new design in 2011. …Read More

The Kha Shing shipyard in Taiwan has been producing the Monte Fino line since the 1980s, with U.S. distribution beginning in the mid-1990s. The line is among the few worldwide that still offer fully custom motoryachts up to the 120-foot range. The ya... …Read More

Actually, it brings ultrasonic weather data to your helm. Are we straight with that now?  Okay. The basic ultrasonic instrument has been around for several years — the most recent version, still available, is the PB150, a NMEA 0183-compatible unit –  but the WS200 is a significant upgrade, both in sensors and networking. It’s also a little [...] …Read More

More than a mere runabout, the M5 offers lots of amenities - all in a good looking package. …Read More