Led by the Ford F-Series, full-size pickups are the best-selling vehicles in America and have been for years. But not everyone needs a truck the size of an orca. Although top models can tow a 15-ton ...

The hardest part of becoming a boater is taking that first step. To be a real boater, you have to actually buy a boat, a prospect that can seem daunting. With so many choices and styles, it’s hard to ...

Once detached from a marine engine, a sterndrive or outboard lower unit is unwieldy and heavy, making repairs and storage awkward at best. Some boaters use bench vises to grip the skeg and keep lower ...

The Hunton XRS43 is right out of a James Bond movie, a gentleman’s speedboat that would make the perfect escape craft from Dr. No’s island lair or a chase boat in Casino Royale. It’s a sprinter ...

With a nickname like “Mercguy,” it’s no wonder Bob Grubb is an avid collector of vintage outboards. He grew up with Mercury engines, as his Dad started a Mercury dealership out of their basement in ...

We’ve all been there. A headwind pipes up, and choppy, rough seas dance between you and your destination. You throttle up; you throttle back. You try to help your boat find its comfort zone, and you ...

The Yamaha CrossWave is super innovative and provides a fun experience whether running on the lake or fishing the shallows. The Sea-Doo Spark Trixx is for those seeking to have a blast on the water.

For many years, I boated on the Pacific Ocean without radar, largely because I did not have a suitable location to mount a rotating scanner or dome and, to be blunt, disposable income was hard to come ...

Malibu Boats, the world’s largest manufacturer of watersports towboats, announced today that it has licensed its industry-leading wakesurfing innovations to Chaparral Boats. Chaparral, recognizing ...

Beneteau’s designers tuned in closely to the way we boaters in the US and Canada use our vessels. For serious passagemaking, the company offers its highly successful Swift Trawlers, which Boating has ...

Like its ocean-borne counterpart, wakesurfing is huge fun, but the majority of the population never gets invited. With the real deal, that’s a result of simple geography. To paraphrase the Beach Boys, ...

An Electronic Visual Distress Signaling Device (eVDSD)—aka e-flare—is a US Coast Guard-approved replacement for pyrotechnic night-time visual signaling devices for recreational boats. So far, a low ...