Grand Banks

Notes from the largest U.S. boat show.

Aerial footage of the new Grand Banks 60 Skylounge on her maiden voyage.The Grand Banks 60 Skylounge delivers epic performance and a temperature-controlled upper helm station to conquer the world’s toughest climates.

Videos

Down East Cruiser

The Palm Beach 45 gives an owner new confidence in offshore cruising.

Semi-Displacement

Cruising with the Chilbergs

My favorite Crown Jewel on all the Chesapeake is St. Michaels. This charming village with a fabulous anchorage overlooking the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is without peer.

Cruising with the Chilbergs

I am always amazed when I find a new place in the Bahamas, but this one is especially egregious. I have been cruising the Bahamas and the Abacos specifically since the 1980's, and have cruised past this place probably 50 or more times.

Cruising with the Chilbergs

Life changes when you head down-island, and I think Robert Frost may have said it best: “In a world of fugitives, the one going in the right direction appears to be running away.”

Cruising with the Chilbergs

Every time I set off on a long cruise I am anxious and, if I am honest, I’m somewhat panicked. What if something breaks? It will. What if plans don’t go as I thought? They won’t. So, Why go? Simple.

Planing Hulls

Join contributor Milt Baker for a joyride on Tampa Bay as the two-time Grand Banks owner discovers a what he calls a "wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing" and one of the most responsive motoryachts he has ever handled.