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Delivering Top Customer Experience Since 1953
DOWNEAST CRUISERS, sportfishers, motoryachts and more. Boston Yacht Sales has been New England’s cruising and sport fishing center since 1953 for one reason: our dedication to customer experience. With 63 years in the business, we’ve built industry relationships not only from Maine to Florida but around the world. For our… SEE MORE
Lasting Legacy: A Fast-Running, Downeast-Styled Newcomer
WHEN SEPH LIMEHOUSE, a chief designer at Scout Boats in South Carolina, passed away in 2014 at a young age, he left behind not only a grieving family, but also his design and molds for a beautiful 17-foot powerboat with a downeast flair, called Edendriver. Before he died, Limehouse’s wife,… SEE MORE
Custom Canvas Leads to Innovative Solutions
IT MIGHT BE SURPRISING to learn that custom marine canvas work is more complex than the finished product often reveals. Each boat is different. Client requirements vary, and innovative solutions must be developed on an individual basis. For instance, the canvas refit of Liberty, the 86-foot Hodgdon commuter boat, meant… SEE MORE
Creating Customized Crafts of Exceptional Quality
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
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
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
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
A WINTER'S STORAGE TALE 6 questions to ask when deciding where to store your yacht next winter
By Laurie Schreiber PICTURE THIS: The end of the season has come and it’s time to haul and store your boat. How do you choose the best yard for your needs? Here’s a checklist of questions to ask boatyards about their storage and maintenance protocols to make sure that your… SEE MORE
FORCES TO RECKON WITH: In a first, simulator generates both wind and waves to test structural strength against ocean forces
By Laurie Schreiber SHIPS, OIL RIGS, OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES, BRIDGES, SEA WALLS: whether on the high seas or close to home, they are all subjected to elemental forces. They exist in an environment that tests human ingenuity on the calmest day as well as during nature’s battering fury. The dilemma… SEE MORE
W-Class‚Ñ¢ W.22 Inspired by Elegant Joel White Design
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
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
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
