Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Select runabouts and speedboats, between 24 and 42 feet, have emerged as boating’s latest crown jewels. They’re not retro replicas ...

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Dick Sligh runs a finger along the prow of a 26-foot mahogany runabout. “I’ve been in love with these since I was a kid,” he murmurs. “I’ve owned fiberglass boats over the years, but I’ve never ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Riva Yachts has created an exhibition hall for seven of its mahogany runabouts at the MBL Lake Como International Museum of ...

Pull up to a dock in a mahogany speedboat, burnished like a Stradivarius under layer upon layer of varnish, classic engine rumbling like far-off thunder, and you are connecting with a potent brand of ...

Simon Fletcher, who turns out precisely two handmade mahogany runabouts each year from his Port Angeles workshop, is fighting a losing, lonely battle against what he calls "big, fat, high, ugly, ...

Powered by two 220-horsepower V-8 engines, the polished mahogany Riva Aquarama slices through the sapphire surface of Lake Tahoe in style, the sun setting off starbursts of reflected light on the ...

The new Electric Legacy, a collaboration between Lancer Craft and Elco, combines rich mahogany looks with 100 percent fiberglass construction, electric-power performance, and impressive run time and ...

Steve Leslie doesn’t drive his customized classic GMC pickup truck to many car shows. But when he does, he and his truck get mobbed. But all the attention goes to what’s out back. His pickup tows a ...

Evidence shows that humans used boats as far back as prehistoric times, with the earliest reports of usage dating back to approximately around 900,000 years ago. So, what exactly is a runabout boat?

THERE is nothing, as the Water Rat said to the Mole, absolutely nothing half so much worth while as simply messing about in boats. Therefore, I recommend that you visit the Motor Boat Show at Grand ...

Riva Yachts has created an exhibition hall for seven of its mahogany runabouts at the MBL Lake Como International Museum of Vintage Boats in Pianello del Lario, Italy. Lake Como has one of the largest ...