
In Our Wake: Woman’s Best Friend
Push-button start means anyone can be the skipper.

Push-button start means anyone can be the skipper.

After years of long-distance cruising, we’re discovering new pleasures closer to home.

The newest member of the Wisconsin Maritime Hall of Fame gives a peek behind the curtain of America’s great boatbuilders.


Finding a ritual that works for you can change your entire approach to boating.

Reflections on working as a yacht designer a quarter century ago when the world changed.

Whether in boatbuilding or in news headlines, when it comes to noise, less is always more.

Bill Staros and his brother George helped build the Florida charter fishing industry in the years after World War II.


Normal parents experience empty-nesting. Boat people lose their crew.

Evinrude’s Sweet-16 sported three hulls and an inboard stern drive—what a concept for the Swingin’ Sixties!

A naval architecture rescue mission gave a young yacht designer his first home run at bat.

Life on a boat reminds us that everything we keep has a weight—both physical and metaphorical.


A holiday houseboat adventure brings the family together—and gets the nautical wheels spinning.

Push-button start means anyone can be the skipper.

After years of long-distance cruising, we’re discovering new pleasures closer to home.

The newest member of the Wisconsin Maritime Hall of Fame gives a peek behind the curtain of America’s great boatbuilders.

Sterling engines made the Twenties roar.

Finding a ritual that works for you can change your entire approach to boating.

Reflections on working as a yacht designer a quarter century ago when the world changed.

Whether in boatbuilding or in news headlines, when it comes to noise, less is always more.

Bill Staros and his brother George helped build the Florida charter fishing industry in the years after World War II.

Lessons from the helm and the page.

Normal parents experience empty-nesting. Boat people lose their crew.

Evinrude’s Sweet-16 sported three hulls and an inboard stern drive—what a concept for the Swingin’ Sixties!

A naval architecture rescue mission gave a young yacht designer his first home run at bat.

Life on a boat reminds us that everything we keep has a weight—both physical and metaphorical.

More than a preppy cliché: Why we still swear by Sperrys.

A holiday houseboat adventure brings the family together—and gets the nautical wheels spinning.