A woman quit teaching to build incredible, seaworthy replicas of historic wooden boats. Gail McGarva spends up to nine months at a time constructing her historically accurate and functioning ...

On the Chesapeake Bay, the summertime months are made for cruising. From the crisp mornings of late spring through the hazy evenings of August, a boat on the bay is the place to be. And how better to ...

Nobody really needs a $100,000, 627 hp supercharged V-8 outboard motor. But a few people really want one — or four. Credit Seven Marine five years ago for presuming there was a market for just such an ...

As Water Rat noted in The Wind in the Willows, “There is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” If you want to know how to build a boat, MOTHER’s ...

Sailing the bay, unlike being stuck in traffic, is meant to be savored. Consequently, the boat you take on the open sea should be more evocative than any run-of-the-mill form of transportation used to ...

When I first stepped into the Maverick Boat Group’s P2 factory in Fort Pierce, Florida, the first thing I noticed was what was missing. In most other boatbuilding facilities I have visited, I’ve been ...

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A YouTuber spent three years building a tiny jetboat using parts from a Tesla Model 3. After hundreds of hours of work, he finally got it onto the water. Unfortunately, getting it to run properly ...

Buffalo's rich maritime heritage inspires local students at the Buffalo Maritime Center's boat-building program.

Manns Harbor, NC: The key to the longevity of Paul Mann Custom Boats, now in its 25th year, is a unique combination of understanding the heritage and “tricks of the trade” of Carolina boat design and ...