In many ways, the raging popularity of center-console boats mirrors America’s infatuation with pickup trucks. Both vehicle types have evolved from ­utilitarian origins—trucks for tradesmen and farmers ...

When your boat’s propeller or running gear tangles with line or netting, you are dead in the water. Techniques for clearing a fouled prop vary with conditions, the type of power and the experience of ...

Inflatable life jackets have crossed over from expensive professional gear to an affordable recreational necessity. With good reason. Not only are they cooler, lighter, and more comfortable to wear, ...

Balise, a new pontoon boat builder, launches today. It’s hard to imagine another pontoon boat maker offering a different experience given the number of pontoon boat brands from which boat buyers can ...

Storing a boat on land requires knowledge and experience, for the safety of those involved, as well as for the long-term well-being of the boat being stored. As we’ve written before, an improperly ...

The boat just kept coming. I can still vividly recall the scene, even though it happened over 20 years ago. We were taking a break during a photo shoot in the Florida Keys, and we’d just sat down at ...

Drifting in the Gulf of Mexico, Emmanuel Williams began to wonder if he would ever see the sign. The slightest of taps at the tip of his fishing rod, followed by a slackening of its 80-pound braided ...

Three days into our annual trip down the Upper Mississippi River, my wife and I were preparing our 30-foot cabin cruiser, Weekend Therapy, for the 30-mile stretch from Red Wing to Winona, Minnesota, ...

Some people truly go overboard at work. While at his job roughing-in electrical systems in new houses, Jeremy Dennard reminisced about idyllic days as a teenager scuba diving off South Florida, so he ...

12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on April 9, 2024 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on July 31, 2025 (the “Sweepstakes Period”). The Sweepstakes Period is subject to sixteen (16) monthly entry periods (each, an ...

The most important element of do-it-yourself boat maintenance is the “do it” part. Too often, the best DIY intentions are undone by procrastination, inattention, cheapness or just plain laziness. I’m ...

Shallow-water anchors are fairly recent developments that first found application on bay boats, flats skiffs and, soon thereafter, bass boats. Available from brands such as Lewmar, Minn Kota and Power ...