Boat Reviews

  The largest Sportyacht to date from Palmer Johnson tasted water for the first time this week. Referred to simply by her build number, PJ-501, the yacht is also the first of the PJ 170 Sportyacht series. If you’re familiar with the smaller supe... …Read More

After 15 years as Viking Sport Cruisers, U.K.-built yachts such as the 72 Motoryacht will carry the Princess Yachts International name in North America. …Read More

PWC, or Jet Ski, falls off lip of monster wave, narrowly missing the surfer below. …Read More

APBA National Tour for personal watercraft racing heads to Canada the weekend of July 17-18, offering a $30,000 cash purse. …Read More

  Should taxpayers have to spend large sums of money rescuing overzealous sailors who get into trouble they might easily have avoided? Should they pay to rescue sailors who don't actually need rescuing in the first place? Questions like this are bu... …Read More

Just got off the phone with John Cunningham of Spectre Powerboats, who said that the company’s new SV300 V-bottom is being laid up and should be ready by October. Base price for the 30-footer, which will ride on a 24-degree single-step hull, with an ... …Read More

With such a long list of standard features, you won't need any upgrades on this 20 foot towboat. …Read More

Just weeks after Force Blue was detained by Italian authorities, another charter yacht has been boarded, with guests required to disembark and be accompanied to police headquarters. On Friday, Axioma, a 47-meter (154-foot) ISA, was forced to pull i... …Read More

According to this article from Vanity Fair, the two-year saga of the Barefoot Bandit, aka Colton Harris-Moore, ended after a boat chase with Bahamian authorities. The Youtube video above tells the story, but not what kinds of boats he stole. …Read More

This isn’t huge news, but I sure like the direction of it. Bargains of any kind are much appreciated in a down economy. So file this under “Another Bright Idea from the New Jersey Performance Powerboat Club:” A $199 “recession buster” entr... …Read More