High-Speed Boating Tim Bower. The fastest I’ve ever gone in a boat is 116 mph. I stood at the helm of a 42-foot Cigarette next to a veteran speed merchant named Bud Lorow. As he expertly worked the ...

Torqeedo’s Blue Ocean motor is powered by BMW batteries. Courtesy Torqeedo. The day before, Steve had launched the boat for me, told me how fast I could expect it to go, and walked me through the ...

A proposed Commerce Department rule that would restrict speed to 10 knots or 11.5 miles per hour for all boats over 35 feet is being called over-restrictive.

Previously these smaller boats were exempt from the speed rules, first established in 2008, and the zones were kept to 10 seasonal management areas on the coast, ...

McBee won his class in the Centennial Newport to Bermuda sailboat race. Forty one-foot Wahoo was actually one of the smaller boats in the St. David's Lighthouse division which is by far the ...

Speed limits can also depend entirely on where you’re boating. In more narrow pathways, swimming zones or shallow water you may be expected to slow down. This isn’t just for your safety but ...

With a slender hull sitting atop three metal runners or “skates,” ice boats can soar three to four times the speed of the wind. For the small group on Dillon Reservoir, 80 mph is not uncommon.

The speed limit would extend as far as 60 miles into the Atlantic covering the entire Eastern Seaboard. Today, that speed limit applies only to vessels at least 65 feet long.