Issue 1

Rebecca Egan McCarthy For $3,600 in Fort Wayne, Ind., you can buy a 1961 Crestliner Del Rio—a wide, cherry red runabout, with cream accents across the interior seats and a gleaming chrome outboard motor. $15,000 will get you a 1992 Carolina Shanty: a sweet, if somewhat grimy looking houseboat, ideal for lake fishing. A pirate… Continue reading

Dr. Jack Boatwright (1952-2018) was a highly regarded seismologist, as well as poet, all-around sportsman, devious puzzle maker, juggler, lover of jazz and the blues, and devoted family man. This piece, which was excerpted in New England Review of Boats Issue #1, is being published here posthumously with permission of his family. My twin brother… Continue reading