How the Big Three British Boat Builders Got Their Start
January 21, 2021
Fairline, Sunseeker and Princess relied on hard work and sound design to rise to the top of their game.
Fairline, Sunseeker and Princess relied on hard work and sound design to rise to the top of their game.
When it comes to the complex, dangerous job of marine salvage, Sylvia Tervoort proves that looks can be deceiving.
In 1957, teenager Tom Ireland set out on a 1,500-mile journey from Long Island to Miami aboard a 13-foot Speedliner with a 25-hp outboard. What happened next even Mark Twain couldn’t make up.
Since 1948, the world’s toughest outboard marathon draws all types to northern Michigan, where racers face off against stumps, hairpin turns, unforeseen wakes and each other.
In 2004, Mercury shuttered its top-secret test facility. The company reopened Lake X and offered a glimpse at how far outboard technology has come.
Learn the facts behind the events that became the Hollywood film The Finest Hours, featuring a dramatization of the most daring rescue in Coast Guard history, from the author who wrote the book.
Capt. Tommy McCoy recounts the story of taking a group of missionaries and $10,000 worth of provisions on a 65 Hatteras from St. Thomas to Haiti on a relief mission after the epic 2010 earthquake that devastated the country.
A decorated Vietnam War veteran, our own Capt. Bill Pike, heads back to Vietnam in search of a conflict-era U.S. patrol boat, and perhaps something a bit more important than that.
Take a look back at the life of legendary early 20th century boatbuilder Forest E. Johnson and the advent of the Miami boatbuilding scene. (It involves lots of rum running.)
With proper maintenance and attention to detail, you can help your engine to keep running efficiently for a long, long time—if not actually forever. Here’s what you need to know.
During the early ’90s, Colón, Panama, was a veritable den of cutthroats and thieves. Could a small band of Americans fly down there and liberate a brand-new 72-foot battlewagon—the Flagship of the Bertram fleet—from the decks of a mutinous freighter?
Fairline, Sunseeker and Princess relied on hard work and sound design to rise to the top of their game.
When it comes to the complex, dangerous job of marine salvage, Sylvia Tervoort proves that looks can be deceiving.
In 1957, teenager Tom Ireland set out on a 1,500-mile journey from Long Island to Miami aboard a 13-foot Speedliner with a 25-hp outboard. What happened next even Mark Twain couldn’t make up.
Since 1948, the world’s toughest outboard marathon draws all types to northern Michigan, where racers face off against stumps, hairpin turns, unforeseen wakes and each other.
An inside look at the humble beginnings of Chris-Craft.
In 2004, Mercury shuttered its top-secret test facility. The company reopened Lake X and offered a glimpse at how far outboard technology has come.
Learn the facts behind the events that became the Hollywood film The Finest Hours, featuring a dramatization of the most daring rescue in Coast Guard history, from the author who wrote the book.
Capt. Tommy McCoy recounts the story of taking a group of missionaries and $10,000 worth of provisions on a 65 Hatteras from St. Thomas to Haiti on a relief mission after the epic 2010 earthquake that devastated the country.
A decorated Vietnam War veteran, our own Capt. Bill Pike, heads back to Vietnam in search of a conflict-era U.S. patrol boat, and perhaps something a bit more important than that.
Take a look back at the life of legendary early 20th century boatbuilder Forest E. Johnson and the advent of the Miami boatbuilding scene. (It involves lots of rum running.)
With proper maintenance and attention to detail, you can help your engine to keep running efficiently for a long, long time—if not actually forever. Here’s what you need to know.
During the early ’90s, Colón, Panama, was a veritable den of cutthroats and thieves. Could a small band of Americans fly down there and liberate a brand-new 72-foot battlewagon—the Flagship of the Bertram fleet—from the decks of a mutinous freighter?
