The five shipwreck survivors clinging to the eleven-foot inflatable Zodiac were in the trough of a 30-foot swell and looked up into the green walls of water. That’s when they saw the sharks. Brad Cavanaugh, age 21, could clearly see three sharks, and

You won’t find mention of “Tesla of the Sea” anywhere on the Tyde website. That’s because Tyde founder Christoph Ballin doesn’t like the reductionist, predictable, click bait-y branding that is attached to seemingly every new electric boat debut onli

I was working at a dive shop one summer and while I’m doing that, I was also a fishing machine. I meet this captain at the tackle shop one day and he asks if I want to go out with them. He said, ‘You can come out, but you just got to wash the boat wh

The English are a hardy sort, and they have to be to enjoy boating on the English Channel. That can be one seriously nasty piece of water—I know, I’ve sailed there. The Channel has also kept a long list of generals from invading across it, from Medin

In a small, half-moon Quonset hut built on an old farm in Winsted, Minnesota is a man who builds wooden boats, one at a time, twice a year. The Quonset dweller’s name is Kevin Fitzke and his current creation goes by the name Miss Moonshine. Fitzke an

I’ve had some great cruising experiences on power catamarans. Those trips introduced me to beautiful islands and were always aboard chartered boats—vessels that averaged 45 to 50 feet in length and stretched as wide as 21 feet. The beam felt tremendo

The modern fashion for plumb bows is the bane of boat show crews on a choppy day. However careful the helmsman might be, at some point in even the shortest demo ride, those bluff forward sections are going to raise a cloud of salty spray, and the boa

This story’s been a long time coming. It started on a freezing California morning back in February of 1999. I had flown from my home in San Clemente up to an infamous Bay Area surf spot called Mavericks to cover the Quiksilver Men Who Ride Mountains

We humans aren’t the only species that loves boating: Insects, spiders and even rodents do, too—and once they invite themselves aboard, getting rid of them can be a real challenge. Most bugs breed like rabbits: A few sneak aboard, and before you know

Escape. It’s what both our chosen pastime and the magazine you’re holding in your hands aims to offer. The ability to tune out the news cycle and put away your land-based responsibilities and dream about your next boatyard project, or of running your

USUALLY, A BOAT TURNS HEADS BECAUSE OF ITS UNDENIABLE BEAUTY. BUT OCCASIONALLY, LIKE IN THE CASE OF THE SEAPIPER 37, IT TURNS THEM BECAUSE IT’S JUST PLAIN DIFFERENT. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, FUNKY EVEN. Regardless of one’s first impressions, there’s no

More than any medicine or technology in the world, sometimes it’s the simplest joys that bring healing. This was a lesson that the late Don Backe learned after a near fatal car wreck in 1989 left him paralyzed. In the months following his life changi

My family ganged up on me,” the owner of the Sunreef SÓL laughs, explaining why after nearly 10 years of chartering, he gave in to his wife, his grown kids, and his mother and considered building a yacht. The family’s boating experience dates back de

Boating is fun most of the time, but once in a while the seagull hits the fan and even the most experienced skippers need a little help. With luck, that’s just a tow back to the marina or boatyard or launch ramp. In days past, the tow was often court

Today’s bay and hybrid boats are much different beasts than those of ten years ago. As part of the third generation of Viking Yachts’ founding family, Justin Healey would describe it, the market is trending towards twin engines for speed, maneuverabi

I’ve long been fascinated with the commuter yachts of the early 19th century. Custom-built wooden ships, they would ferry titans of industry and the captains of finance from their homes on Long Island and Connecticut to the island of Manhattan. Rumbl