Art Paine

The spirit of Hemingway’s boat comes alive in a new build.

The Lyman-Morse 46 is a cutting-edge yet simple, relatively affordable, and easy-to-sail boat that will appeal to busy people who want a boat with soul.

A new Bill Trip III sailboat design for racing and cruising.

A classic Riva runabout project leads to a road trip.

The York 18 is a bigger, more modern take on the Herreshoff 12½.

Refit of a 1930 Eldredge-McInnis cruiser

A Hinckley Sou'wester 70 gains a new lease on sailing life

A West Pointer adapted for lake cruising.

Reuel Parker has designed a classically inspired powerboat for shallow-water cruising. It is being built by Hylan & Brown.

New Hood 57 express classic is the product of collaboration between two design firms and a Maine builder.

A new project at Artisan Boatworks seeks to replicate a classic catboat, based in part on an old photo of a boat sailed by the client’s great-grandfather.

A new concept design for a center-console features an aluminum hull.

A look at two great shallow-water, keel-centerboard daysailers: the Alerion Express and the Sakonnet 23.

The newly restored NY40 Marilee has the best of both worlds. She can carry either a gaff rig or Marconi rig depending on the weather and the racing competition.

A Maine builder played a key role in restoring a vintage British wooden racer.

A few easy rigging adjustments can make sailing so much easier.

Hinckley’s all-electric luxury launch breaks new ground for the company.

One of the more intriguing sailing yachts launched this year in Maine is the 72-foot sloop Toroa, built at Brooklin Boat Yard.

Our yacht design critic Art Paine picks some of his favorite boats of the past three decades.

A power tender under construction at Artisan Boatworks was inspired by a Herreshoff classic.

Are you looking for the perfect little lake yacht? Might we suggest a Bluejay, Lightning, or Laser?

This aspiring young artist loved boats, particularly for their great looks. A couple of his favorites are Francis Kinney’s Pipe Dream Sloop and a vintage Trumpy poweryacht.

A double-ended sailboat, inspired by K. Aage Nielsen, designed by Joel White, and completed by Brooklin Boat Yard.

John Williams is building a new Williams 38 that will retain the classic good looks of a Stanley above the waterline, but feature a modern V-shaped underbody and engineering designed to send it through the water at up to 40 knots.

In which MBH&H writer Art Paine describes “the first boat he ever loved,” the Ostkust, and explains why it remains a great design.