The SP80 and Syroco teams have both got their remarkable boats on the water. Looking like a pair of alien spaceships, and pulled by ultra-fast kites instead of sails on masts, both these machines are ...

The iconic luxury car company Aston Martin unveiled its first-ever speed boat at the Monaco Yacht Show this week -- and Forbes was given the first press ride right after the world premiere. The $1.6 ...

German yacht design and engineering company iYacht GmbH, which specializes in a wide range of boat types from sailing boats to catamarans and houseboats, has been tasked with redesigning an iconic ...

Even though most of the world is struggling to stay afloat with all the 2020 chaos and all, yachting seems to be doing just fine - actually, nearly three times better in comparison to five years ago.

A general design rule is that the longer the waterline, the higher the hull s speed potential. Perhaps the most important change when a boat is heeled is the length of the hull in the water, which is ...

Two teams, Switzerland's SP80 and France's Syroco, are taking aim at the world speed sailing record in 2022, with a pair of thoroughly remarkable kiteboats that both teams believe can smash previous ...

The average speedboat tops out at around 70 mph, which already feels fast when you're skimming waves. But a handful of boats go well beyond that, hitting speeds that don't sound real unless you've ...

Richard Mille-sponsored project SP80 has revealed its final boat design. The sailboat, which is towed by a large kite, looks to break the world sailing speed record currently set at 68.33 knots (79 ...

Los Angeles-based electric boat company Arc announced this morning that sales have opened for its flagship Arc One electric speedboat, which the company boasts is the “most powerful electric ...

According to the National Marine Manufacturers Assn. (NMMA), approximately 300,000 small powerboats were produced in the U.S. in 2003, with a total value of about $9 billion (USD). The vast majority ...