Power & Motoryacht

Thanks to a mother-in-law, who calls Dana Point, California, home, I’m lucky to consider myself semi-bi-coastal. I’m a fortunate son, too, because the crescent of coast from Laguna Beach to Dana Point and San Clemente is among my favorite strands on earth. Opened in 1971, Dana Point’s 2,400-slip harbor has been undergoing a locall...

The time is the mid-1960s, when the station wagon was the Conestoga of prosperous post-World War II America. Wagons like this Buick Sportwagon Skyroof carried families on adventures hither and yon—Dad driving, Mom reading the map, Junior and Sis in the back seat, arguing. And sometimes a boat on a trailer towing astern. The family in this photo might be en route to Jackson La...

Sailing transatlantic is no easy feat. Doing it on an untested 62-foot solar-electric catamaran raises the stakes even higher. For Jay Dollries, owner of the Silent 62 three-deck yacht “100%,” such a trip has been a lifelong dream that he happily grabbed with both hands in the closing months of 2025.

Tesla-driving Dollries is familiar with “electric...

Illustrations by Brett Affrunti

In 1957, an ambitious teenager set out on a 1,500-mile journey from New York to Miami aboard a 13-foot Speedliner. His life would never be the same.

In the summer of 1957, at 16 years old, I worked at a small marina on Long Island, New York. I was able to save some money and buy a used 13-fo...

For Mike Crothers, the mission has always been simple: take his 111-foot Dashew-designed aluminum expedition yacht, Iceberg, where few yachts have ever ventured. That means the forgotten atolls of P...