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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sea-Doo’s 2024 Switch Cruise Limited is designed to get the next generation of boater out on the water. Intended for first time buyers, this pontoon boat offers all the space of a pontoon but the fun ...

Thursday is poker night at the Lake View Inn. Other bars in the North Woods might host a private back-room card club with high stakes, but at the Lake View, the game is played for essentially pocket ...

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, ...

When I pressed the throttles on the 457 CCS, it didn’t rear up like a ­Lippizan, but rather surged forward like a Kentucky Derby thoroughbred out of the starting gate. Formula’s proprietary ...

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 ...

While a host of new-tech products such as ceramic coatings and graphene sprays has emerged to treat gelcoat finishes on fiberglass boats, traditional marine waxes remain among the most effective and ...

I am a huge fan of taking RIBs offshore because their inflatable collars act as built-in shock absorbers in rough seas. So when the time came to test the Nuova Jolly Prince 33 CC in Fort Lauderdale, ...

I use lots of nautical apps on my phone—some for weather, some for tides, some for AIS traffic, and some for navigation. Well, the Savvy Navvy mobile app seems to cover all of this and more, with ...