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Design trends overseas have this designer wondering: Where have all the pretty boats gone?

Design trends overseas have this designer wondering: Where have all the pretty boats gone?

A checklist for all the new (and not so new) boaters out there, to help look the part and keep the staring bystanders at bay.

Things take a strange turn after a prospective client comes to Bill Prince with a design idea, but can only talk after dark.

Simulations can’t beat the exciting—and strange—occurrences that happen during a model test.

Boats have been the locale of secret meetings throughout history. But never in broad daylight, until now.


The arrival of a wooden crate sparks a whodunnit at a major boatbuilder.

Many yacht clubs have a version of this remarkable person among their brethren. Seek them out, dear reader, while you can.

When designers without boating experience design a yacht, strange things can happen.

A missing pickup tube turns a sightseeing cruise into a white-knuckle paddle for the author and his son.

If you think a yacht designer has the final say about his next boat, think again.

Ever wonder what yacht designers talk about with their friends in a group chat?

Planning to cruise with a motorcycle aboard? I have advice for that.

Some yacht yards are so clean you could eat off the floor, others you shouldn’t enter before getting a tetanus shot. Yacht designer Bill Prince makes the case for the latter boatyards.

Being different for its own sake can lead to some strange yacht concepts that should never see the light of day.

Design trends overseas have this designer wondering: Where have all the pretty boats gone?

A checklist for all the new (and not so new) boaters out there, to help look the part and keep the staring bystanders at bay.

Things take a strange turn after a prospective client comes to Bill Prince with a design idea, but can only talk after dark.

Simulations can’t beat the exciting—and strange—occurrences that happen during a model test.

Boats have been the locale of secret meetings throughout history. But never in broad daylight, until now.

Outboard-powered super yachts? Time will tell.

The arrival of a wooden crate sparks a whodunnit at a major boatbuilder.

Many yacht clubs have a version of this remarkable person among their brethren. Seek them out, dear reader, while you can.

When designers without boating experience design a yacht, strange things can happen.

A missing pickup tube turns a sightseeing cruise into a white-knuckle paddle for the author and his son.

If you think a yacht designer has the final say about his next boat, think again.

Ever wonder what yacht designers talk about with their friends in a group chat?

Planning to cruise with a motorcycle aboard? I have advice for that.

Some yacht yards are so clean you could eat off the floor, others you shouldn’t enter before getting a tetanus shot. Yacht designer Bill Prince makes the case for the latter boatyards.

Being different for its own sake can lead to some strange yacht concepts that should never see the light of day.