Brian Keen credits his uncle for getting him into boats. He owned five or six, and as Keen entered college, his uncle’s interest grew—and so did Keen’s. That interest, mixed with Keen’s love of old ...

CARNELIAN BAY, Calif. – Think history can only be found in dark museums with locked glass cases that one is forbidden to touch? Think again, as Vintage Tahoe Tours offers maritime history folks can ...

On an early summer day, the bay in front of the historic Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens is filled with yachts—shiny, sleek, state-of-the-art, and massive. But there’s one vessel attracting all ...

MY Marala, commissioned by automobile tycoon Montague Stanley Napier and built by Camper and Nicholsons in 1931, is a piece of maritime history. A testament to the spirit of technological advancement, ...

Alberto Galassi is raving about his Riva, a 1970 wooden Aquarama, formed of cedar from Lebanon and mahogany. The CEO of the Ferretti Group, which now owns the Riva boat brand, he took correspondent ...

Spirit Yachts’ flagship P70 may look like an extra from The Great Gatsby, but this oh-so-elegant wooden motoryacht, with its gleaming mirror-varnished mahogany and classic flag-blue paint, is new from ...

There are few more classic sights in boating than a small mahogany runabout splitting the serene waters of a lake in some picturesque locale—be it northern Italy, Lake Tahoe, or a pristine stretch of ...

Most of us know Tatoosh as the 303-foot (92 meters) Nobiskrug superyacht built for the legendary Paul Allen. But this is also the name of a classic sailing yacht made entirely of wood. Although much ...

ESSEX- These days, you won't see too many classic wooden motor yachts cruising on the Connecticut River. Their skippers would be nattily dressed - wearing a smart cap, blue blazer and perhaps a scarf.

You can never go wrong with a classic. That's a cliché, we agree, but it's also exactly what one particular owner must have been thinking when he commissioned his new boat, which also happens to mark ...