After college, I lived aboard a 44-foot 1981 Marine Trader named Aquila, a delightful pile of a boat. Most of the windows leaked, the topsides were extensively trimmed with neglected teak, and the pipes were sclerotic. But I loved it – she looked salty, was palatial for a single guy,
Boats of Note
There are many packaging challenges inherent in the 40-50 foot motor yacht class, and few manufacturers resolved them as cleanly as Tollycraft did with their 44-foot Cockpit Motor Yacht. Ideally, a mid-size cruising yacht would have it all: a flybridge, a full-beam owner’s stateroom, a
Boats of Note
Twenty-two feet is a pretty great size for a boat: decently capable offshore, roomy enough to take a small crowd for a harbor cruise, and comfortable for three or four to go fishing. It’s light enough to trailer with a medium-large SUV, and maintenance is manageable by
When you’re a modestly aged person – say, high single digits – and of a nautical bent, the allure of waterborne freedom becomes irresistible. This presents a problem, though: you haven’t got a boat, and you can’t afford one. So the vessel upon which you could voyage beyond chores,
For decades, flush deck motor yachts ruled the seas – big Hatteras, Vikings, and Oceans cut a commanding presence. In the past twenty years, the flush deck's popularity has diminished in favor of pilothouse designs. A flush deck, if you’re not familiar, is the arrangement of two full-