When you cruise aboard a classic wooden boat, it’s somewhat like living in a room at Downton Abbey. You don’t just admire the wood from outside – the elegance and beauty envelope you. A wooden yacht moves through the water differently, it flexes differently; and the sound is completely different. On a cold day a…
There are many beautiful boats docked at the various marinas in Key West, but there’s one vessel in particular that seems more at home there than the others. A gleaming 1938, 40-foot Chris Craft Back Again looks right at home in these waters. You almost expect to see Hemingway returning from a fishing trip, docking…
Rick Gardner, a seasoned captain with 56 years of pleasure boating experience, decided this spring – at the age of 85 – that it was time to retire from his ownership of Ric-Star II, a 42-foot Bertram. His final journey would deliver the boat from his home in Elizabeth City, N.C. (known as the Harbor…