Do you enjoy hurtling through the water at neck-napping speeds? Read about the best speed boats types, brands and manufacturers in the market.
Brett Becker walks through the basics of boat loans and the boat financing process.
If you live in the southernmost regions of the United States, you can probably stop reading right now and chuckle with a smug sense of superiority that you can go boating all year round. If you live in...
Boats for waterskiing, wakeboarding, and wake surfing are purpose-built and represent an intense but narrow segment of the market.
The Rinda TechMate tool can help determine engine hours on a used boat.
An overview of houseboats, from trailerable, single-engine models up to large floating yachts.
If you're looking at a used boat with complex systems, consider spending the money for an extended warranty if one is available.
If you’re going to buy a boat, you will likely need insurance. Therefore, it’s recommended that you get a boat insurance quote before you buy the boat so that you have an idea of what this aspect...
If you can’t afford a marine surveyor, you need to rely on yourself to perform the sea trial. By the time you get to this stage of the buying process, you should have a pretty good idea what kind of...
The “pickle fork” design has enjoyed a renaissance in the marine market, getting a firm foothold in the tow boat market a few years ago and spreading to other types of boats, including the family runabout....
You hear the stories at the local watering holes all the time — those tales of woe from people whose boats don’t quite measure up. We call them “shoulda, coulda, woulda” stories. The mistakes...
You can pull a boat with a front-wheel-drive vehicle, but do you really want to?
Fall and spring is often transition time for boaters. Some are shopping for boats to match their changing lifestyle.
The key to marketing your boat as a private seller is to create an ad that stimulates interest, but doesn’t come across as too, well, “sales-y.” People who prefer buying boats from private parties...
The very words “spring break” conjure images of campy 1980s movies featuring beer-swilling co-eds in board shorts and bikinis. Of course, it might still mean the same thing to a new generation of co-eds—Ah,...
Whether you’re at the helm or on the end of the tow rope, the boat you’re using makes a big difference in your water skiing or wakeboarding experience. Manufacturers know this, which is what makes...
Explore any of the narrow canyons on Utah’s Lake Powell, and you’ll likely find them scuffed with pockmarks the color of Easter eggs. The culprit? Personal watercrafts—better know as PWCs. So many...
Now that Christmas is in the rearview mirror, it’s time to start thinking about summer, and if you’ve got a boat, that means water toys. We’ve put together a sampling of some the coolest and most...
There are critical differences between marine inboards and car engines.
At a base price of $32,795, the Chaparral 21 H2O Outboard Sport is a great way to get into a brand-name boat for a reasonable amount of money. The boat itself is part of Chaparral’s H2O series of boats,...
