After spending well over a month researching boats to buy, including taking a few out for a spin, we decided on a Hewescraft 180 Pro V which has a hybrid hard top / soft top. What’s a hard top boat? A 100% hard top is a boat that is 100% enclosed cabin. What’s a soft …
Boats
In November 2021 we bought a boat so that we could get to and from our new waterfront, boat access cabin. It’s a brand new 18 foot Hewescraft 180 Pro V (pictured above). Buying this boat was a crash course in quickly learning how much it costs to buy a boat plus all the additional …
A yacht is really just a luxury floating home. When you’re talking 70 feet and larger, they’re a lot nicer than my house. As you’ll see in the luxury yacht interiors below, the quality and aesthetics are simply gorgeous. And we merely feature a small handful of such boats. There are thousands and thousands of …
The Dutch navy first used the yacht in order to catch pirates. Until the 1950s, the primary materials used for building a yacht was wood. Today, yachts of all types and sizes are constructed of various materials including steel, aluminum, plywood, and veneers. When Charles II used it for his own personal use, the yacht became …
At first glance, it might seem weird to see boat articles on our home and garden website, but this is part of our “boat access cabin” series and so in that context, it fits. I can’t say owning a boat was a dream of mine. It was not something I aspired toward. And then it …