27 Liter V12 Brown & Bassett Gentleman’s Racer
I don’t think there’ll be any significant protest when I say that speedboat design peaked in the mid-20th century. Of course, the materials, engines,…
Boats
Documentary: 1949 Albany to New York Outboard Race
This 10 minute film covers the 1949 Albany to New York Outboard Marathon Race, an event with dozens of entrants in multiple classes, making…
Oru Folding Kayak
The Oru Kayak has an origami-inspired design that allows it to be folded down into a box that measures in at 33 inches x…
Amphicar Model 770
The Amphicar holds the distinction of being one of history’s most successful amphibious cars, despite the fact that it was a bit of a…
Riva Ferrari 32
The Riva Ferrari 32 was developed as a joint project between two of Italy’s finest vehicle manufacturers – Riva and Ferrari. Just 30 examples…
Super 55 Mahogany RIB
The Super 55 is a new design from Ocean 398 that’s been developed to be a combination of a ’60s era mahogany runabout with…
U-boat Blueprints
In the post-WWII years Winston Churchill once famously said “The only thing that really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril”, this…
Borealis XL Kit Build Kayak
The Borealis XL is a kit build kayak developed by Pygmy Boats, a company respected as a world-leader in the design of wooden kayaks,…
Vintage Neptune Outboard Motor
Modern outboard motors lack much of the stylistic finesse of their predecessors, this immaculately restored Neptune motor was crafted without an ounce of plastic…
Wooden Canoe Kit
The canoe is a simple little boat design that’s been used by humans for all of recorded history and almost certainly for many thousands…
1958 Riva Tritone “Via”
The Tritone is a mahogany runabout that first entered production in 1950 by Riva, a company that had been founded 104 years earlier in…
Oru Kayak
It seems almost too cliché but each January, after a December of gluttony and sloth, I find myself looking for outdoor activities that require…
