Aaron Porter

Fiberglass boatbuilding started small with dinghies, skiffs, and runabouts—low stakes structures that early adopters could experiment on as they pushed the structural limitations of the new material. Big boats were an expensive gamble in those early days ... See more

Its alluring blue waters appear idyllic in travel brochures and color charts, but the Caribbean is not a gentle sea. Generations of mariners have been challenged by its seasons of unrelenting winds, steep waves, and threat of hurricanes. For those who sai... See more

Multihull pioneer Walter Greene kept a deliberately low profile as he built some of the legendary racing sailboats of the last century at Greene Marine, a disarmingly modest yard on the Cousins River in Yarmouth, Maine. A who’s who of multihull designers,... See more

In the eye of the discerning boatbuilder or buyer, beauty is more than skin deep. Not just the glossy surface finish determines the quality of a paint job; the underlying structure must be free of flaws and waves as well. Even in the age of high-quality m... See more