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Popular Mechanics
August 2005 |
Volvo Open 70 Offshore Racer High-tech on the high seas: The round-the-globe Volvo Open ocean race pits the world's most advanced sailboats against the world's worst weather -- gale-force storms, mountainous seas and sweltering doldrums.   |
Wired
May 2006
Carl Hoffman |
Taming the Sea Monster Strong, light, and frighteningly fast, carbon-fiber trimarans are rewriting every record in the books, when they're not breaking up in the middle of the icy Atlantic. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2002
Rich Taylor |
Sails With Sizzle The fastest monohull sailboat in the world is a needle-nosed ocean racer called V.O.60. It was designed by Bruce Farr, and is capable of 36 knots. That's 41.4 mph. This sleek machine is 64 ft. long, just over 17 ft. wide and weighs 30,000 pounds. |
Wired
October 2002
Carl Hoffman |
Billionaire Boys Cup High tech hits the high seas in a windblown battle between Craig McCaw and Larry Ellison. The author sets sail with Team OneWorld in the race to take back the America's Cup. |
AskMen.com
James Bassil |
Volvo Ocean Race The Volvo Ocean Race is the world's premier sailing competition -- and it's most punishing. |
Real Travel Adventures
March 2007
Ivo Paulik |
Crossing the Atlantic A voyage through the Caribbean on a yacht. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2010 |
How to Cross the Atlantic in a Rowboat--Alone Katie Spotz's quest to become the youngest person ever to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean seems a little odd. But she's doing it for a cause -- and with a plan. |
Fast Company
August 2003
Chuck Salter |
Putting Winds in Their Sails Suzanne Pogell's school does much more than teach women how to sail. Womanship helps women take the lead, chart their course, and keep an even keel. |
Popular Mechanics
January 8, 2010
Chris Maag |
Anti-Whaling Captain Reflects on True Cost of Collision This week's face-off between whalers and anti-whaling activists in the Antarctic Ocean was seemed like a deep-sea battle straight out of a comic book. But the collision sent one of the most unique boats around to the bottom of the Antarctic Ocean. |
Boating
March 2007
Phil Scott |
How Does it Feel to Be... We tracked down 10 people who lived through the boating community's good and the bad: Bitten by a shark... A Weeki Wachee mermaid... On a life raft after your boat has sunk... etc. |
Boating
December 2004
Kevin Falvey |
Finding Mr. Smoothie Which rides better--a catamaran or a V-hull?: A scientific approach. |
Popular Mechanics
September 1999
Chris Caswell |
Jump, Jive And Wail Swing keels for sport sailboats counter heeling and slippage to give you more speed. |
Popular Mechanics
March 14, 2008
Brian Lisi |
Wave-Powered Boat Goes Beyond Record With Green Design A boat that moves at the speed of a brisk walk may not generate enthusiasm among recreational boaters, but the innovative use of wave power could lead to more powerful models. |
Popular Mechanics
October 7, 2009
Tyghe Trimble |
The Backwater DIY Electric Boat Marathon The Wye Island Marathon is located on the east side of the Bay Bridge by St. Michael's, Maryland, where the Wye River meets the Chesapeake Bay. |
ifeminists
July 11, 2007
Carey Roberts |
The Deadliest Catch: A Tale of Exceptional Men Unlikely heroes appear on the Discovery Channel's recent series, The Deadliest Catch. |
Boating
February 2008
Lenny Rudow |
McKee Craft 28 Express Big Love. Our long-term relationship. |
Boating
March 31, 2009
Kevin Falvey |
Monterey 320 Sport Yacht Handsome dividends -- a model of prosperity. |
Boating
August 2005 |
Project Boat Blog A year's worth of inside information on the publication's summer project boats: The Robalo R260... The SeaStrike 240 CC. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2009
Erik Sofge |
Behind the Scenes With a Special Ops Gunboat Crew When the US Special Forces need safe passage along a river, they call on the best-trained boatmen in the world. The author tags along on a live-fire exercise with the elite gunboat crews of Special Boat Team 22. |
Boating
December 2008 |
2008 Best Bets Although there can be only one Boat of the Year, we've tested plenty of other boats and gear during the past 12 months with clever new ideas that were innovative, cool, or just plain smart. These are some of the best we've seen. |
Boating
December 2008
Kevin Falvey |
2008 Boat of the Year Chaparral 400 Premiere Born Leader Megastar in the Making. |
Boating
October 2007
Kevin Falvey |
Avid 24 Unlike boats that conceal a runabout's V-hull with a strong sheer and a bit of tumblehome, this boat is a true lobsterboat fitted for pleasure. |
Boating
March 2006 |
Glacier Bay 2665 Canyon Runner Proof Positive: Play these Numbers and Win! This is the smoothest riding 26' project boat ever with the biggest fishbox ever. |
Boating
September 2008
Eric Colby |
Concept 30 Sport Deck You'll be hard-pressed to find a boat this size that's better built or finished. The 30 Sport Deck is constructed with a solid fiberglass bottom and the hull and deck are bonded with Plexus adhesive. |
Boating
Daniel W. Long |
Heads Coach Learning to pick your way through the rough stuff. |
Boating
March 2008
Jeff Hemel |
Packing on the Pounds Slow? Sloppy? Sluggish? Maybe your boat should go on a diet. |
| Boating |
Boat Buyer's Cheat Sheet The best tips to find the boat for you! |
Boating
October 2007
Kevin Falvey |
Formula 350 Sun Sport Sure, this boat could be called eye candy, but its sleek, low-windage profile is practical. |
Real Travel Adventures
April 2007
Bart Allen Berry |
Kayak Fishing and Osama Bin Laden Kayaks have become so versatile that you can surf it, tour on the open sea or any estuary or river mouth with 6 inches of water and you can paddle out to sea wherever the fish are. |
Boating
August 2003 |
5 Alive The bay boat is as versatile a vessel as you'll find in the fishing world, a fantastic compromise that lets you hunt in the shallows and, conditions permitting, go outside the inlet. Five of the most versatile platforms fight for your fish. |
National Defense
November 2009
Austin Wright |
For Big Apple, Huge Fireboats After relying heavily on two half-century-old fireboats for several days following 9/11, New York City is replacing its aged vessels with a pair of fireboats that each can pump 50,000 gallons of water per minute up to five miles inland. |
Real Travel Adventures
October 2006
Antonio Graceffo |
Midnight Crossing Paddling the waters of Hong Kong. |
Boating
April 2008
Lenny Rudow |
Century 2102 The Century 2102 Inshore is a bay boat that's efficient and fast, fishes hard, and handles tougher conditions than an average bay boat. |
Popular Mechanics
May 1998
Jim Gorant |
Battle of The Cats The versatility and variety of catamarans ensure a purr-fect boating experience... |
National Defense
March 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Small Boats on the Front Lines of Maritime Security As the profile of the U.S. Coast Guard's homeland security mission rises, the role of small boat operations is becoming central to the effort. |
Boating
John Page Williams |
Williams 28 Bass Boat The Williams 28 Bass Boat can run the tide rips in quest of trophy stripers and serve as a classy and luxurious day boat with equal grace. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2002
Cliff Gromer |
A Real Boat And A Rocket Ship Yamaha's new GP1300R 2-seater muscle PWC is touted as the fastest and most powerful model in its class. |
Linux Journal
May 1, 2007
Jon Hall |
Beachhead - What Is the Value of Software? These days, you hear a lot about operating systems being "commodities," or that "no one cares about the operating system." Let's see where this particular generalization runs aground and where Linux and other open-source options fit in. |
Boating
June 2008
Eric Colby |
Fairline Phantom 48 Fairline made its new Phantom 48 taller -- a full 1' higher compared to the old Phantom 46. This extra headroom belowdecks made room for a rare design element on a boat shorter than 50' -- a midship master stateroom. |
Real Travel Adventures
October 2008
Bob Brown |
Going For a Little Boat Ride Last year, late in April, my phone rang on a Wednesday night. It was my brother Ralph. He wanted me to go on a boat trip to some island, called Bermuda, off of North Carolina. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2002
Cliff Gromer |
Wave Of The Future Working with specific boat companies, Peter Granata creates designs to gauge consumer reactions to the possible future direction of a company's products... |
Boating
May 2007
Eric Colby |
Azimut 43S If you're used to driving an inboard-equipped boat and backing into the slip using only the engine controls, you'll need to learn some new tricks for this one. |
Boating
March 2008
Kevin Falvey |
Cruisers Yachts 360 Express If you think "value priced" and "high end" are mutually exclusive descriptions of boats, think again. |
Boating
July 2007
Lenny Rudow |
Henriques 42 Express This boat will help you catch more fish than the competition, thanks to unique features you won't find offered by the mass producers. |
Boating
December 2006
Rich Beattie |
Vanished Tales of boaters who've gone out but have never come back. |
