Chesapeake Bay Magazine

Jeanneau, known for its well-built production sailboats, has developed a sleek new high-performance powerboat that is not only a blast to drive but is also laid out for cruising.

Gifts for mariners, gifts for anglers...

This, to borrow from T.S. Eliot, is the way the boating season ends, not with a bang but a whimper. So I was thinking last Sunday as I motored Quill across the creek toward the launch ramp. Backwards.

Leaving the Elizabeth River on a sunny October day, fighting the incoming tide but then getting a nice shove as I entered Hampton Roads and turned west, I was keenly aware of this stupendous force that governs our planet...

Serving the Chesapeake Bay for 132 years, this historic landmark is being renovated and is now open to visitors for the first time. (1:50)

Skipper's first all-day sailing trip was not a big success...

Luxury, speed, and technology converge in the well-appointed Maritimo 52.

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Have you ever passed a channel marker and wondered what's holding it in place? Ever motor under a bridge and wonder what those massive concrete piers look like underwater? Ever pass a shoal lighthouse and wonder how they put it there? . . . Well, we have, and here it is.

We were off the eastern side of Smith Island, in water so shallow I had to trim up the motor on my little flat-bottom skiff to stay clear of the grassy bottom. A dark, bruised sky hung over the westward marshes and a warm, pink sun rose...

Two travelers on a small sailboat try to put the whole National Harbor experience into perspective.

Look at the wall of any marine-supply store, and you'll find a dizzying array of lines to choose from. Here's what you need to know to make the right choices for this critical boating gear. by Gaelen Phyfe Adam

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