Hybrid might be the hackneyed buzzword for the 2020s, but it aptly describes the mindset of most boaters out on the water. Yes, they want to cruise. Yes, they want to fish. Yes, they want performance.

Center-consoles prove favorites of fishing enthusiasts in part because they offer easy access to nearly all of a boat’s perimeter. Of course, the transoms of these boats are typically interrupted by ...

Somewhere on the bottom of Boothbay Harbor, there's a propeller of mine. When I was in high school, I took my dad's 21-foot Novi lobster boat from Damariscotta—about 21 miles away by water—to Boothbay ...