Maybe next time,” was a common phrase 20-year-old third baseman Parker Byrd would use when a teammate would invite him and some of the other players to his family’s river house in Bath, North Carolina for a day on the water. Byrd finally agreed to di

Some people manage their affairs by gut and instinct. Others rely on hard data to inform their decisions. Rich Kracum falls very much into the latter camp. The spreadsheet is his friend. It’s a tool that undoubtedly served him well in his years in th

Some boats are good to begin with, but when Jeanneau decided to make a new version of its NC 895, the builder nailed it. The new NC 895 Series 2 is a very impressive design, especially on the inside. Jeanneau still offers the original 895, which star

Launching a new boat model these days takes guts; launching a new boat brand? Now that takes something else entirely. To keep things P.G., let’s call it … courage. That’s a trait Josh St. Germain, 34, Revel’s CEO appears to possess in spades. And tho

Sometimes it pays to get wet. I don’t mean stand out in the rain—most of us have more sense than that. I mean put on fins, a mask and snorkel and swim under your boat to find out what’s happening below. You can check the anodes, run your fingers over

1,8800 horses are spurred out of the barn as the 457 CCS banks hard to starboard. Dire Straits’ 1985 hit Money for Nothing blares from the JL Audio system and its, count ‘em, 21 speakers, three 12-inch subwoofers and five amplifiers. Listen here Now

A sweet chemical smell hits me in the face as I walk into what looks like the biggest home chemistry set on Earth. Rows of ceiling-high cauldrons bubble rhythmically with liquids as workers peer down into them from the edges, tweaking the brews. Wisp

LOA: 54’3” Beam: 15’11” Draft: 4’4” Displ.: 48,400 lb. Fuel: 650 gal. Water: 135 gal. Power: 2/725-hp Volvo Penta IPS950 Second siblings have been on my mind a lot recently as we ready our home for our own second child. Specifically, I wonder what he

When Chief Martin Brody so famously exclaimed, “We’re going to need a bigger boat,” he probably would have been hoping for something more akin to Project 406. This monster would have made Jaws’ fictitious great white look like a guppy. Royal Huisman’

As I struggle through this column, I look down on the floor next to my chair and expect to see him there, patiently waiting for me to finish so we can throw the ball once more before we close up the yard and head for home. After a catch at the end of

To some people, it’s the “Venice of America.” To others, the “Yachting Capital of the World.” And to a few, it’s still “Where the Boys Are.” But no matter what nickname you use, boaters are drawn to Fort Lauderdale and its more than 300 miles of navi

When SeaVee announced it was removing one of its most popular boats, the 390Z, from its line of center consoles and replacing it with a new model, it made a lot of waves. The 390 debuted at the Miami International Boat Show in 2006 and had a sleek, s

YouTube influencers Mark and Cinda Boomershine are long married high school sweethearts from Atlanta, Georgia with a family that’s keen on adventure. They’ve been boating recreationally all their lives, but about two years ago they decided to take th

It’s no secret that there’s a limited amount of real estate in the pages of any magazine. Indeed one of the unsung arts of producing a killer boating publication is the creative management of our waterfront real estate. But because we can only fit so

Remember when two-strokes ruled the waters and pre-fuel injection four-strokes were a leery choice often riddled with chronic carburetor issues? Hint: It was around the same time you threw out your cassettes and started listening to your favorite son

Every time I step aboard a proper yacht for a review—in this case, the new Azimut 72 Fly—I always ask myself a counterintuitive question: How practical is this yacht? Now by their nature, most yachts aren’t what folks would typically call practical—a

A long drive in the pouring rain, a ferry ride across a boisterous sea, a boat trip in a rising gale, and finally here you are, striding up a gangway, into the compound of a busy shipyard and a huge grey shed, its massive doors groaning in the wind.

It would be easy at first glance to not fully appreciate the boat-building significance of Sam Devlin’s Olympia, Washington, homestead-turned-boatshop. Rain pitter-patters through the deep green of the mossy forest. A boat transom with rudder is moun

Anyone who’s ever said that perfect is the enemy of good enough has never met Ricky Scarborough. It’s a thought that comes to mind as I wander the Scarborough Boatworks factory on a dreary spring day with Ricky and his Office and Marketing Manager Ka

Earlier this year, 83-year-old designer Dave Livingston was honored with the prestigious Charles Chapman Award at the Miami Boat Show for six decades worth of boating innovations. It’s hard to believe, but even with that kind of longstanding career,

Look again. The exterior design of Sanlorenzo’s SL90A might seem to be standard-issue Italian conservative-chic, and it is. But concealed within its sleek yet sober styling, this yacht boasts a feature that makes it one of the most radical and forwar