Sharrow Marine now offers propellers for inboard tow boats. The Detroit company’s V X-Pro line promises ski and wakesports enthusiasts handling and performance gains. Other propellers are optimized ...

I had been waiting to test a Targa ever since first running one at the Volvo Penta test center in Sweden a few years back. So, when New England and Annapolis boat dealer, East Coast Yacht Sales, made ...

Multipurpose crossover boats are enjoying their time in the sun, mixing sporty performance with the ability to do everything from fishing, diving, and towing watersports to cruising, entertaining, and ...

A boat can be impeccably equipped for an emergency and still fail the simplest safety test: knowing where everything is, whether it’s current and whether the paperwork can be produced when somebody ...

After a day on the water testing the new Cruisers Yachts 50 GLS, I realized why it seemed so familiar. It reminded me of the Porsche 356 coupe I owned decades ago. It was fast, it was fun, it was ...

Vexus Boats’ VXs21 is a full-size bass hunter aimed squarely at serious anglers. This boat is a pure fishing machine designed for running on big water and chasing big bass. When rigged, like our test ...

Mathematicians and philosophers have long debated whether there can be more than 100 percent of anything. I remember this from the mists of math class, while I dreamt of boats. But until I saw the new ...

If Yamaha’s new CrossWave WaveRunner wore clothes, it would sport an AFTCO fishing shirt over Gill boardshorts and Grundéns flip-flops. The CrossWave challenges the very notion that PWCs must be ...

I can’t think of anybody who doesn’t enjoy getting towed behind a boat, whether it’s for wakeboarding, water-skiing or for tubing. We captains get a kick out of it too. Just as we should turn the ...

Newport, Oregon Did you ever feel that you were born at the wrong place and time, that you were meant to be among those making their living on the water? Newport, Oregon, residents say you can set ...

Calculating a boats fuel consumption proves important to boaters for number of reasons. With knowledge of a boat’s fuel economy-how much fuel the boat burns per mile or nautical mile of travel-boaters ...

New boaters will wonder if they need to take a captain’s course, pass a boating license test, and fulfill any other safety requirements before they hit the water. This depends to some degree on where ...