Creating Customized Crafts of Exceptional Quality

6/5/2016 - SINCE EACH GUILLEMOT KAYAK is individually handcrafted, it’s never a problem to customize the build to meet the desires of each client. For example, Guillemot owner Nick Schade built two of his microBootlegger design kayaks (tandem, open cockpit), one in mahogany with carbon fiber interior, the other in western red… SEE MORE

Liveaboard Tug Cruising Reflects a Growing Trend

6/2/2016 - EAST COAST YACHT SALES is proud to have been selected as the Maine-Georgia and Great Lakes dealer for American Tugs, the LaConner, Washington-based producer of yachting tugs and trawlers from 36 feet to 48 feet long. Since American Tugs’ inception in 2000, the company has sold about 225 boats, roughly… SEE MORE

Hot-Shot West Coast Hybrid Combines Wood and Performance

6/2/2016 - ANNE ELISE IS THE PERFECT SHOWCASE for Devlin Designing Boat Builders, where Sam Devlin is known for his unshakable adherence to classic wooden boat design combined with state-of-theart technology. "If you had told me, 38 years ago, that I would be building a classic wooden boat with 600-horsepower joystick controls… SEE MORE

For Wooden Boat Lovers, The Legend Lives On

5/28/2016 - FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES WOODEN BOATS, it’s pretty much the trifecta: magazine, school, show. For WoodenBoat, it’s business as usual, just as it’s been for decades. Hundreds of students attend one or more of the one- or two-week courses in boatbuilding, seamanship, and related crafts at WoodenBoat School each year.… SEE MORE
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W-Class‚Ñ¢ W.22 Inspired by Elegant Joel White Design

5/28/2016 - IN 1996, sailing enthusiast Donald Tofias approached his friend, naval architect Joel White of Brooklin Boat Yard, in Brooklin, Maine, to design and build a traditionally styled, cold-molded wooden yacht inspired by the Nathanael Herreshoff- designed NYYC-50 (a 75-foot-long boat). Two long, lean W.76s started the W-Class Yacht Company, named… SEE MORE

“Gold Cup” Runabout: Fast With Classic Style

5/28/2016 - IN KEEPING WITH our firm’s reputation for “Innovation Inspired by Tradition,” Stephens Waring Yacht Design produced an elegantly traditional powerboat that, above the water, harks back to the “Gold Cup” runabouts of the early 20th century—replete with varnished mahogany, polished brass fittings, and sumptuous leather. Below the waterline, though, this… SEE MORE

Custom Craftsmanship, from Traditional to Unique

5/28/2016 - SHAW & TENNEY is known for its finely crafted oars and paddles, but the list of custom projects is impressive, as well: A 50- foot 6-inch hollow mast, spars, and bowsprit for a War of 1812 Naval replica; custom-engraved oars for an international marketing firm’s 85 boardrooms; traditional sculls for… SEE MORE

Sabre 66 Dirigo: New Tech for Short-Handed Cruising

5/28/2016 - TWO EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS demonstrate the strength of new product development at Sabre Yachts. The company launched its first Sabre 66 motoryacht, its most aggressive project to date. The Sabre 66 Dirigo is the largest U.S.-built downeast-style motoryacht on the market. As importantly, the model leverages new propulsion technologies that make… SEE MORE