On a recent trip to Boyne City, Michigan, I had a chance to tour the factory of Van Dam Custom Boats, and to take rides in a pair of previously owned lake boats that were available for sale. I left ...

After 30 years of saltwater use, the intricately curved anodized-aluminum trim along the cap of the open transom of my outboard-powered 21-foot center-console fishing boat was falling apart. Corrosion ...

The American flag snapped in the breeze at Ocean City, Maryland’s Sunset Marina in early September 2019 as I walked down the famed C dock on a crisp morning. I was looking forward to stepping aboard ...

When you're in the custom transportation business and designing cars, planes, or boats to meet one person's needs, taste, or budget, you never know what's going to come through the door next. That's ...

Last summer, during a Scout Troop sailing adventure on the Great Lakes, I learned a whole lot about wooden pleasure boats. That led to my article last August about the modern-day makers of these ...

Since 1987, Mon Chari owner Damon Chouest has caught more than 2,000 blue marlin while fishing the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Tonga, the Dominican Republic and the Virgin ...

This boutique shipyard has really branched out with its latest luxury day cruiser. The Italian-based Wooden Boats has crafted a 40-foot custom tender from, you guessed it, wood. While wood is not a ...

Tide Craft Boats and VersaChock bring greater flexibility to yacht owners with a custom removable tender chock system.

VERMILLION, S.D. (KELO) – On farmland just outside of Vermillion you can find a small working shop with a unique story and an owner who hopes to pass along her passion. What started as a wilderness ...

The team takes a custom-built 1,500-horsepower boat into open water for its first real sea trial after a twin-engine swap.