Rockets and boats have more in common than you’d think, explains Ryan Cook. And while I get the feeling that he has made this point before, he’s also the guy who would know. Cook spent nearly a decade ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- If you go to the annual Boat Show looking for signs of the times perhaps this item will spark your interest: Despite all the gleaming new boats on display at the Minneapolis Convention ...

My first boat was an Owens cabin cruiser, built in the early 1960s, about 30 feet long and powered by a single ­gasoline engine. Back then I thought it was the end all, be all — at least until I tried ...

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What is a cigarette boat? A cigarette boat is otherwise known as a go-fast boat, and for good reason: their planing hulls are designed to go faster than traditional speedboats, reaching speeds of over ...

This year’s Cannes Film Festival saw a unique debut quite a ways away from the silver screen and out on the docks of Southern France. During the event, BMW Group Designworks and boat builder Tyde ...

It’s no longer common for boatbuilders to offer a fast single-engine outboard sportboat, let alone one available as both a bowrider and a ­cuddy cabin. Kudos to Stingray and its 23 OSX/OSC models, ...

This beautiful 14-metre (46-foot) yacht started out as the addition to a Mornington Peninsula holiday cottage. The Jane is so curvaceous and sassily-appointed that anybody with an eye to recognise a ...

Although its reputation was solid, rigid inflatable boat (RIB) builder Planatech (Athens, Greece) recently sought ways to design new composite products and their corresponding tool sets faster, ...

An Islesboro boatyard has unveiled a fully electric boat that it says could have implications for Maine’s working waterfront. Pendleton Yacht Yard teamed up with the Rockland-based Island Institute to ...