Luke Lorentzen’s Boatbuilders is a movie about the kind of work that takes a long time. Talking to Lorentzen afterward made me think about how much filmmaking does, too. I didn't expect Boatbuilder...

“It’s a great art, is rowing. It’s the finest art there is. It’s a symphony of motion. ... When you near perfection, you’re touching the Divine.” — George Y. Pocock, renowned rowing coach and boatbuilder “If you want to be a Schuylkill Dragon, don’t be a schmuck.” — Judy Gernon, 81 Boathouse Row, on the Schuylkill, is the epitome of old-money elegance — a Ralph Lauren catalog come to life. Home to more than a dozen of the city’s storied rowing clubs, it’s a timeless civic fixture. Opulent brick houses with palatial decks. American flags fluttering from poles. Young rowers with sinewy physiques and well-earned tans, milling about the docks. There’s a reason it is considered one of the city’s most iconic settings, the subject of postcards and poetry. About two miles upriver, meanwhile — far from this extravagant scene — sits another boathouse, of far less renown. To get to it, you have to trek through knee-high grass, past the porta-potties and discarded car tires, and the mosquitoes as big as Buicks. Go past the chain-link fence choked by weeds and the dead trees the city hasn’t yet gotten around to clearing, and soon enough, you’ll reach it. The...

The BRABUS Shadow 1000 XC Cross Cabin occupies a particularly revealing corner of modern marine design. Developed with Finnish boatbuilder Axopar, the 38-foot performance boat takes many of the ideas… The post BRABUS Shadow 1000 XC Cross Cabin Brings Supercar Thinking to the Water appeared first on stupidDOPE | Est. 2008.

From the boatyards of New Orleans to the beaches of Normandy and the islands of the Pacific, one of Louisiana’s most important contributions to World War II came in the form of a relatively small wood...

A blue plaque commemorates Ralph Bird who built 29 gig boats over 21 years.

Veteran boatbuilder Chris-Craft kicked off this year’s Miami International Boat Show by unveiling its first-ever all-electric boat concept. The Launch...

A blue plaque commemorates Ralph Bird who built 29 gig boats over 21 years.

The BRABUS Shadow 1000 XC Cross Cabin occupies a particularly revealing corner of modern marine design. Developed with Finnish boatbuilder Axopar, the 38-foot performance boat takes many of the ideas… The post BRABUS Shadow 1000 XC Cross Cabin Brings Supercar Thinking to the Water appeared first on stupidDOPE | Est. 2008.

The Little Free Library in Stockbridge is reopening after being destroyed by winter storms last year. The community book exchange was blown down in January 2025 and damaged beyond repair - but will finally return on 8 September. Founder Rachel Hazell has commissioned Mull-based boatbuilder Yann Jameson to reconstruct the replacement using locally sourced larch. The new structure features three coats of marine-grade oil to protect the collection of shared books from the Scottish weather.

AN EDINBURGH community book exchange is set to reopen on 8 September after being destroyed by winter storms over a year ago. The Stockbridge Little Free Library was blown down in January 2025 and damaged beyond repair. However, founder Rachel Hazell has commissioned Mull-based boatbuilder Yann Jameson to reconstruct the replacement using locally sourced larch. The new structure features three coats of marine-grade oil to protect the collection of shared books from the…

Boatbuilder Jouni Laiti from Utsjoki has completed an 11-metre traditional Teno river boat for a customer in Carrick-on-Suir in southern Ireland, Yle reports. Laiti's boats have now been delivered to Finland, France, Norway, Sweden and Ireland. He says orders have been arriving from increasi…

Long before drones and satellite trackers, one man with a rowboat and a shotgun kept watch over a small Florida island that was about five and a half acres at the time. According to the U.S.

Five travel writers share their favourite holidays at home, from gravel biking in Scotland and a steam train ride in Yorkshire to rowing all the way from Oxford to London

IN an online video shared with The Southern Star, the British boatbuilder, sailor, and owner of the historic sailing yacht, the Tally Ho, Leo Sampson Goolden talks about the vessel passing the Fastne...