All Boats
37 wooden boats, runabouts, and regional craft
Bertram 31
Ray Hunt designed the deep-V hull that changed offshore boating. The Bertram 31 proved it worked. W...
Boston Whaler 13
The company demonstrated their boats by cutting them in half — and both halves floated. That's not m...
Carolina Flare
Carolina boat builders developed the flared bow to handle the steep seas of the Gulf Stream. The de...
Century Arabian
Century tried something different with the Arabian. Where Chris Craft went classic, Century went spa...
Century Coronado
The Coronado was Century's answer for families who wanted more than a day boat. The small cabin and...
Century Resorter
Century boats came from Manistee, Michigan, right in the heart of Great Lakes boat culture. The Res...
Chesapeake Bay Buy Boat
Buy boats were the tractor-trailers of the Chesapeake. They'd anchor among the tonging and dredging...
Chesapeake Bay Deadrise
The deadrise is the Chesapeake Bay. Watermen have worked these boats for a century — crabbing, oyste...
Chesapeake Bay Log Canoe
The log canoe is America's oldest racing class still active. Maryland watermen built these from mul...
Chesapeake Bay Pungy
The pungy was the thoroughbred of the Chesapeake oystering fleet. Faster than skipjacks, they were b...
Chesapeake Bay Skipjack
The skipjack is Maryland's state boat, and the last working sail fleet in the United States. Maryla...
Chesapeake Crabbing Skiff
The crabbing skiff is the pickup truck of the Chesapeake. Every waterman has one (or three). It's t...
Chris Craft Capri
The Capri represents Chris Craft navigating the fiberglass revolution. They couldn't ignore the new...
Chris Craft Cobra
The Cobra was Chris Craft's answer to the speed wars of the 1950s. Car culture met boat culture — t...
Chris Craft Continental
The Continental was Chris Craft embracing the 1950s car culture aesthetic. Those fins. That two-tone...
Chris Craft Holiday
The Holiday was Chris Craft's family runabout — more affordable than the Cobra, more spacious than t...
Chris Craft Riviera
The Riviera is arguably the most iconic wooden runabout ever built. That barrel-back stern, the spl...
Chris Craft Sportsman
The Sportsman was Chris Craft's answer to a simple question: what does an American family need on th...
Correct Craft Ski Nautique
Correct Craft invented the modern ski boat. The Ski Nautique was designed from the keel up to pull ...
Downeast Lobster Boat
The Downeast is the elegant cousin of the working lobster boat. Same seaworthy hull, same practical...
Gar Wood Baby Gar
Gar Wood was the speed king of American powerboating. His racing boats set world records, and the Ba...
Gar Wood Speedster
Gar Wood won more Gold Cup races than anyone. He held the water speed record for over a decade. And ...
Gar Wood Utility
Gar Wood's postwar utility boats brought racing pedigree to everyday boating. The hulls had the sam...
Glasspar G3
Glasspar was there at the beginning of fiberglass boatbuilding. The G3 showed what the new material...
Hacker-Craft Runabout
John Hacker was the naval architect who defined the American speedboat. His 'V-bottom' hull design r...
Herreshoff 12½
Nathanael Herreshoff was the greatest yacht designer in American history. He designed America's Cup ...
Higgins LCVP (Eureka)
Eisenhower said Andrew Higgins won the war. The LCVP — the Higgins Boat — put American soldiers on ...
Higgins PT Boat
Andrew Higgins' boats helped win World War II. His landing craft put troops on beaches from Normandy...
Jersey Sea Skiff
Jersey sea skiffs were designed for the specific challenge of launching through surf. The flat ster...
Lyman Islander
Lyman boats brought quality wooden boat ownership to thousands of families who couldn't afford Chris...
Lyman Sleeper
The Sleeper took Lyman's lapstrake expertise and added overnighting capability. Families could crui...
Maine Lobster Boat
The Maine lobster boat is the culmination of a century of North Atlantic evolution. Every line serve...
Mako 17
Mako built the boats that Florida fishing guides trusted. The 17 was the sweet spot — big enough to...
Owens Flagship
Owens Yacht Company was Baltimore's boat builder, producing quality wooden cruisers for the Chesapea...
Penn Yan Captivator
Penn Yan boats came from New York's Finger Lakes region, where the water was cold and the expectatio...
Richardson Express Cruiser
Richardson Boat Company built serious cruising boats in North Tonawanda, New York. The Express Crui...
Thompson Sea Lancer
Thompson boats brought space-age styling to Wisconsin lakes. Those fins and that chrome were pure 19...