It had been at least 10 years since I launched a flat-bottomed boat. Years of fishing seem to push every angler toward high-end fiberglass and electronics. However, the second I found myself back on a ...

Part 1. : Small boat design and classification. The origins of small craft design; Fundamentals of small boat design; The classification of small boat types -- Part 2. : Fundamentals of boatbuilding.

Have you ever looked at the hull on a boat and wondered why it is shaped the way it is? Why do some boats have flat bottoms and others have V-shaped undersides of various angles and contours? Let us ...

When exploring various types of watercraft, you may have come across the terms “drift boat” and “raft.” There are three primary commonalities of drift boats and rafts. The first is that they are both ...

The easiest way to get into boating is with a jon boat. They’re simple, inexpensive, efficient, and easy to own. A jon boat has a square bow and stern with a flat bottom, providing tons of room on a ...

OCALA — While visiting a glass bottom boat display at the Silver River Museum complex recently, Darrell and Jim Buchanan looked through old photos and reminisced about a time, when, as youngsters, the ...

Arguably there are no two names more closely related to Pilot Boat design and construction in the United States than Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding and Ray Hunt Designs. Together the dynamic duo has ...

Wooden boats aren’t in museums in Northern Michigan’s Les Cheneaux Islands, home of the first Chris Craft dealership in the world, they live on the water. Within the hidden bays and intimate ...