Full disclosure: Boats and adult beverages are two of my favorite things, and I’ve realized that there are many similarities (besides being addictive). Some boats are beer (a good one like Heineken or ...

Beneteau’s designers tuned in closely to the way we boaters in the US and Canada use our vessels. For serious passagemaking, the company offers its highly successful Swift Trawlers, which Boating has ...

Bayliner was founded in 1957 to bring seaworthy family boats to the water with an ­attractive bundled package, including boat, motor and trailer at a budget price. Today, this brand, now under the ...

Tahoe Boat’s new T21 is an ­aggressively fun, waterborne machine. Its wide-open interior’s minimalist design is sleek, begging you to grip the wheel and take it for a rip. It offers heady 57 mph top ...

Stingray is known for bringing ­reliable, durable, great-performing and easy-to-operate runabouts to boaters at an economical price. The 253 CC is the brand’s third entry into the center-console arena ...

Navan (rhymes with “baton”) is new boat line from Brunswick Corporation, which also builds Sea Rays, Bayliners, Boston Whalers, Heyday Boats, Princecrafts and others, along with Mercury Marine ...

Bluewater Sportfishing Boats’ newest, the 25T, proves itself a purpose-built fishing boat ready to tackle offshore conditions like few boats its size. An Armstrong engine bracket holds the twin ...

Bullet boats are considered the Porsches of bass fishing. This new 21XRS earns that rep with its legit 80 mph top speed with a full load of fuel and well over 500 pounds of passengers and gear.

It may have been a stray gust of wind. Or perhaps I tilted my head just right as I waved to those girls in the ski boat. I could blame the invisible hand of a mischievous King Neptune. My left palm ...

Mercury Racing turns up the volume on outboard performance with its new 450R model, a 4.6-liter V-8 with a ­supercharger system. This high-performance outboard supersedes, but will not ­replace, the ...

V-drive inboards do a great job, so why bother with water-jet power in this specialized category? We didn’t honor Kyma for simply being different. The 6.2L 575 Indmar jet gives this boat shallower ...

One of the most popular models in the Regulator Marine XO series, the 26XO ranks as one of the most versatile of all fishing boats. The smooth- and dry-riding hull of this center-console crossover ...