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Boat Features

Lifelong Lessons of Time and Tide

An ode to 80-plus years of boating.

The Hinckley Company’s War Boat Production

While the Hinckley name today is synonymous with luxurious pleasure boats, back in the 1940s, the Maine boatbuilder produced a series of working boats for the war effort.

Joseph Ranco

Joseph Ranco: A Maine master canoe builder and early designer at Indian Old Town Canoe Co.

A Great Poet and His Beloved Boat

The poet Richard Ghormley Eberhart and his classic powerboat Reve.

Fairmaid: A Century-old Ketch Still Going Strong

Caring for a 100-year-old Alden ketch has kept this couple on their toes for 42 years.

The Little Tanker That Can

One 58-foot vessel and her intrepid captain keep island fuel tanks full.

Tollycraft 34: A Dream Come True

Reunited with a 1984 Convertible Sedan powerboat.

Chasing Liquid Mountains

Around the world in 40 feet with Brian Harris, the general manager at Portland’s MYC

A Family of Master Ship Carvers and Their Art

A family of 19th century Portland ship carvers were masters of a lost art

Navier 30

Into the future on a hydofoiling electric speedster