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Enduring Allure

Seventy Years of Grand Banks • THE BUILDER THAT DEFINED THE LONG-DISTANCE TRAWLER IS STILL GOING STRONG, WITH A 70-FOOT SERIES COMING NEXT

Fresh Water, Anywhere • TWO ROCKET SCIENTISTS BRING A SPACE-AGE APPROACH TO DESALINATION AND WATER FILTRATION

Hard Act To Follow • THE AXOPAR 38 XC CROSS CABIN PUSHES THE POPULAR 37 FORMULA FURTHER WITH A REFINED HULL AND A MORE FLEXIBLE DECK LAYOUT

No Bad Days • THE TIARA 39 LE MAKES A CASE FOR GETTING OUT ON THE WATER MORE OFTEN, IN EVERY KIND OF WEATHER

THE FIXER • Inside Terry McNew’s quiet reinvention of Intrepid Powerboats

CLOSE TO HOME, FAR FROM ORDINARY • A weekend on the Westport River is a reminder that the best cruising is sometimes just around the corner

The Working Boat That Refuses to Retire • Seventy years after the first hull splashed, the Dyer 29 is still built and repaired by the people who know it best

WHERE HER STORY BEGINS • A historical portrait of America’s best-known sail training vessel

ICE, ORCAS AND OPEN OCEAN • A couple takes the Viking Route in their Elling E6, making an icy pilgrimage from the Netherlands to North Carolina

WIRED FOR THE WATER • Two guys with boatbuilding in their blood are starting an electric boat company in the heart of Lowcountry South Carolina

Rounding the Mark

Sport and Science