Conversations with Classic Boats

In 1977, two brothers channeled Nat Herreshoff and started a boating phenomenon that produced a string of iconic modern keelboats. Bob and Rod Johnstone tell the creation story of JBoats.

In 1977, two brothers channeled Nat Herreshoff and started a boating phenomenon that produced a string of iconic modern keelboats. Bob and Rod Johnstone tell the creation story of JBoats.

The International Six Metre reaches its design peak with S & S designs like Fun, Goose, Djinn and Llanoria as fear of European conflict postpones international competition until 1947's Seawanhaka Cup

In the Golden Age of the Sixes, designers, builders, owners, and skippers strive for the winning package as Seawanhaka becomes the epicenter of international Sixes competition

The Second International Rule and the British American Cup ignites international competition between designers and sailors alike in the Six Metre. Class. Designers like Olin J Stephens arrive on the scene.

The International Six Meter, with its rich history of match and team racing, traces its roots back to America's oldest yacht club, founded 1871, Seawanhaka Corinthian in Oyster Bay, New York

The story of Finisterre, the famous three-time winner of the Bermuda Race under legendary yachtsman Carleton Mitchell, pioneer of cruising the West Indies and her twin design, Fidelio, built two years later, a gem of a classic design, winner from Block Island to Maine

We go throughout New England in search of the perfect little boat. Featuring a talk with the people behind the most famous dinghy brand of all time, Dyer Boats.

Model boats have captivated serious sailors for centuries. From the 1920s to today, model yachting in vintage wooden craft has become the fast growing field of radiosailing with high tech, carbon fiber sparred performance miniature yachts. We capture the latest multi-colored DF-95 model yacht in the inaugural Nantucket Regatta

The personal boat of Captain Nat Herreshoff has taken on many identities over more than 100 years. That includes being the design of choice for the largest classic wooden keelboat fleet in America

Dolphin, the winningest boat in American history, has a history of colorful owners since its 1914 birth . Her skippers tell the tale of this Newport 29 and its siblings alive today