Power & Motoryacht

The creative director is perhaps the most unsung position in magazine making. Like a naval architect sketching and drawing a hull that can’t be seen during the fanfare of a boat show, they don’t get much credit when things are working well. They don’

When Arabic geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi put the Tabula Rogeriana, “The book of pleasant journeys into faraway lands,” into the hands of King Roger II of Sicily, back in 1154, it was a map ahead of the curve. His work accomplished something that no

On a bright Wednesday morning in Miami, while the subtropical city was still stretching its arms, I was dashing across the enduring docks of the Venetian Marina, racing the clock to get to the global debut of the Aquila 42. I hadn’t intended to rush,

Fully autonomous cars are here and ready for prime time. No, no. They’re not. But autonomous docking is coming your way, likely aboard a novice skipper’s boat, which is also headed your way as you sink another drink in your cockpit at the marina this

When I sea-trialed Princess’s decidedly strange-looking X95 a little while ago, in quite challenging sea conditions, I was excited—and relieved—to discover that a vessel which from dock level looked more like a big square apartment block than a motor

Words matter. Easy, you may say, for a writer to proclaim. But what do they matter to a poor student failing a junior high English class? More than you could ever imagine. We lived near a river, a Grand River actually, a meandering stretch of water d

One morning after running my son to school, I decided to head to downtown Charleston to spend the morning plinking the keyboard at my favorite coffee shop. I love the drive to town because the highway I take to the steeple-spired old city runs right

By the time you’re reading this, we’re smack dab in the middle of April and you’re likely sitting at your work desk, fighting off palpitations aroused by the thought of where you’ll dock this Spring. Well, at least your fluttering hearts were induced

A big, brown lab greets me in the parking lot of a nondescript industrial park in rural Lakeville, Massachusetts. From the outside you wouldn’t know this was the home of one of the most highly regarded boat restorers in the business. Stepping inside

I tried not to look south. There was a long period between the swells, rising like ominous dull-green mountains against a gunmetal sky. It was ugly. We had 30 miles to the shark grounds, but we’d come to an impasse. Capt. Joe DiBella, the owner and r

In 1811, a gang of disgruntled English textile workers destroyed mechanized looms and other weaving apparatus in Nottingham. Called Luddites, after Ned Ludd, a weaver’s apprentice who had supposedly done the same thing 22 years earlier, the group was

It’s only when looking back that we can truly appreciate how far we’ve come. This past year’s New York Boat Show at the Javits Center was filled with gleaming center consoles and outboard cruisers that promise to get their owners to their favorite de

In the 90s a flock of Sunseeker Superhawks ruled the seas. From 34- to 38-feet, they regularly graced the silver screen with cameos in the James Bond franchise. Sleek and sporty with luxurious accommodations below, they epitomized 007-cool with a nod