Boatshop Reports
Captain Rick Franke's monthly Boatshop Reports feature news on new boat builds, maintenance, and boat restorations from area boatbuilders and shops across Maryland and Virginia.
May 1, 2023
Captain Rick Franke brings us the May Boatshop Reports from marinas and shops around the Chesapeake region.
April 10, 2023
The experts and the statistics will tell us that it has been a mild winter, but it was still a winter. And it is finally almost over!
March 6, 2023
The winter is slipping by and spring will be here before we know it.
January 30, 2023
Captain Rick Franke brings us the February 2023 Chesapeake Bay Boatshop Reports from marinas and boatshops around the Chesapeake region.
January 2, 2023
Captain Rick Franke brings us the January 2023 Chesapeake Bay Boatshop Reports from marinas and boatshops around the Chesapeake region.
December 5, 2022
Captain Rick Franke brings us the December 2022 Chesapeake Bay Boatshop Reports from marinas and boatshops around the Chesapeake region.
November 4, 2022
Captain Rick Franke brings us the November 2022 Chesapeake Bay Boatshop Reports from marinas and boatshops around the Chesapeake region.
October 1, 2022
Where has the summer gone? A lot of us have asked ourselves that question lately, as our first fairly “normal” summer has flown by.
September 6, 2022
Where has the summer gone? About this time of year many of us start to ask ourselves that question. This summer seems like the first more or less “normal” one since 2019.
August 5, 2022
Real summer weather is finally here, and it is great.
July 11, 2022
Now that we are officially into the summer season, the mood at local boatshops can best be described as cautiously o
June 14, 2022
The spring boat shows will be over, the real spring weather has arrived, and the boating season
May 1, 2022
For most area boatshops it has been a busy winter, with lots of work and many shop and marina upgrades.
April 14, 2022
As spring arrives and the pandemic recedes in the rearview mirror it seems to be leaving behind
March 16, 2022
As we work our way through the dark ages of winter it is good to remember that spring is not very far away.
February 9, 2022
Now that the New Year is well under way, it looks a lot like the old one.
January 10, 2022
As we say goodbye to 2021, it’s tempting to reflect on some of the trends we saw this season.
January 4, 2022
The John D. was designed and built in St. Michaels by the Higgins Yacht Yard in 1981 and used to shuttle guests to and from the The Inn at Perry Cabin.