Boat Reviews

In-depth power cruiser reviews that give you an inside look at new and used boats of all cruising styles, shapes, and sizes. PassageMaker Magazine, the cruising under power authority, covers the boats, owners, gear, and destinations of those interested in seaworthy, ocean-going motorboats— traditional full-displacement or faster semi-displacement trawlers, efficient lobster-style Down East boats, leading-edge multihulls, spacious pilothouse motor yachts, trailerable pocket cruisers, or even bluewater motorsailers.

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Cantieri Gagliotta delivers a Down East-style daycruiser with Italian flair.

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Back Cove’s first outboard-powered offering adds punch to a classic profile.

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A point of pride for her owner, this 75-foot custom passagemaker was designed to conquer any sea.

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Efficient Cruising In Italian Luxury

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A forward-thinking owner’s 92-foot steel expedition trawler can cruise for months at a time without plugging in to shore power.

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Trailerable Trawlers

Outboard-powered trailerable cruisers give owners the freedom to pick up and go from coast to coast.

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Semi-Displacement

Form and function get a contemporary makeover on the Sirena 58.

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Eight years in the making, a custom steel trawler far exceeds its owner’s needs.

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The Coastal Craft 33 ProFish is a catch for cruisers, too.

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Finding a custom solution for a workboat-inspired steel build.

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Deeply rooted Nova Scotian workboats inspire this custom cruiser.

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Down East Cruiser

Builders in Holland bring a swagger to new england-fashioned designs.

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A Custom Build of a Sam Devlin Blue Fin 54

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Beneteau Won’t Rest on a Good Thing

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Turn this diamond in the rough into the perfect NW pocket-cruiser.

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Testing the Belize 54 Daybridge Sport Cruiser

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The Greenline 45 Fly Hybrid will do 6 knots electric-only top speed and does a electric-only cruise at 4 knots

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The new North Pacific 45 provides the full package

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ePropulsion enters the market with a variety of electric drive solutions.

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Dag Pike Tests the Altena 50 Motoryacht from Holland.

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Dag Pike explores one of Steeler Yachts rock solid designs, the Explorer 50.

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Semi-Displacement

The Marlow Explorer 75E Command Bridge showcases a variety of advanced construction techniques.

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Semi-Displacement

Soundings Editor, Gary Reich, takes the Krogen Express 52 for a spin.

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