Soundings

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MAILBOAT • FEEDBACK FROM OUR BOATING COMMUNITY

The Light Touch • WHEN CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM NEEDED TO MOVE A HISTORICAL LIGHTHOUSE LENS TO ITS NEW WELCOME CENTER, IT HIRED LAMPIST KURT FOSBURG

A New Name in Fiberglass • WOLFEBORO BOAT COMPANY IS STARTING OUT WITH 15-AND 27-FOOT MODELS AS ITS FIRST OFFERINGS

The Innovators • VOLVO PENTA’S HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM EVOLVED FROM A COMPANY CULTURE THAT’S QUITE CAPABLE OF CHANGING BOATING—ALL OVER AGAIN

Cape May, New Jersey • NEW ENGLAND CHARM MEETS SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY

Solara S-250 Coupe • THIS TRAILERABLE CRUISER COUPLES A COMPETITIVE PRICE WITH A LONG LIST OF STANDARD EQUIPMENT

Fino 30

MIDSUMMER DREAM • To understand why Nimbus designs and builds boats the way it does, you need to know how the Swedes boat and live

Metallic Metamorphosis • Turning the family schooner into a gaff sloop took

STATE OF THE ART • To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Blackfin launches a 400CC with next-generation technology

FAMILY MEN • Goldsmith’s Boat Shop celebrates a century in business, and the multigenerational clan that keeps it chugging along

Blue Period

Hudson 32 • A CAPE COD COUPLE TRANSFORMS A CUSTOM CAROLINA SPORTSFISHERMAN INTO A COMFORTABLE CRUISER

Delight for the Eye