
Brabus 500 Shadow
The Finnish builder has only one request: Take their rocket-ship-like cruisers for a spin. Naturally, we relented.

The Finnish builder has only one request: Take their rocket-ship-like cruisers for a spin. Naturally, we relented.

Our Sightlines columnist Michael Peters sure was ready to take down Philippe Starck’s designs. Then he saw something in them. See what happened next here.

Virtual reality is already here: and it’s transforming the yacht building—and buying—process.


The ABCs of Hull Design, or what sex, rock, and roll have to do with your boat.

Designers walk a tightrope between upholding tradition and breaking new ground, and the good ones have you forgetting what you think is more important. See what we mean here.

Ride along on our test our a very special, adapted 39 Midnight Express.

Does the industrial use of LNG-powered propulsion herald a cleaner future for pleasure boats? Executive Editor Capt. Bill Pike investigates the possibility.


When Ocean Alexander tasked designer Evan K. Marshall to develop new products within the builder’s already successful line, Marshall was up for the challenge…

We sent Capt. Bill Pike to Vietnam to take a look at a boatbuilding operation there that you’ll need to see to believe.

As we charge deeper into the Digital Age, technology is changing boatbuilding forever. See how better processes are leading to stronger, lighter, better boats.

Did our columnist just refer to some boat designs as “butt-ugly junkyard dogs; the kind you wouldn’t want around your family?” Yes, yes he did. Read his argument for leaving naval architecture to the experts here.

Heesen Yachts uses one of a kind under-water “wing” to provide unparalleled efficiency.


The Finnish builder has only one request: Take their rocket-ship-like cruisers for a spin. Naturally, we relented.

Our Sightlines columnist Michael Peters sure was ready to take down Philippe Starck’s designs. Then he saw something in them. See what happened next here.

Virtual reality is already here: and it’s transforming the yacht building—and buying—process.

Our first look at the Horizon RP120.

The ABCs of Hull Design, or what sex, rock, and roll have to do with your boat.

Designers walk a tightrope between upholding tradition and breaking new ground, and the good ones have you forgetting what you think is more important. See what we mean here.

Ride along on our test our a very special, adapted 39 Midnight Express.

Does the industrial use of LNG-powered propulsion herald a cleaner future for pleasure boats? Executive Editor Capt. Bill Pike investigates the possibility.

The Benetti 108 is all elegance all the time.

When Ocean Alexander tasked designer Evan K. Marshall to develop new products within the builder’s already successful line, Marshall was up for the challenge…

We sent Capt. Bill Pike to Vietnam to take a look at a boatbuilding operation there that you’ll need to see to believe.

As we charge deeper into the Digital Age, technology is changing boatbuilding forever. See how better processes are leading to stronger, lighter, better boats.

Did our columnist just refer to some boat designs as “butt-ugly junkyard dogs; the kind you wouldn’t want around your family?” Yes, yes he did. Read his argument for leaving naval architecture to the experts here.

Heesen Yachts uses one of a kind under-water “wing” to provide unparalleled efficiency.

The physics behind a hull vane.