Talkin' Boats With Soundings

Starting in 1990, the Chicagoan’s 22-month, 27,000-mile journey aboard a 47-foot cutter captivated thousands of schoolchildren who followed his trip via an educational television channel. The footage was used in an award-winning documentary, “The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney,” that aired on the Disney Channel, National Geographic and PBS stations. This podcast is an audio version of our profile of Pinkney that was published in the July 2021 issue of Soundings.

On a frigid day, Soundings executive editor Pim Van Hemmen and videographer Bob Krist join the crew aboard an oyster dragger and find Mainers to be as tough as the weather.

A Palm Beach 32, the third model in the builder’s lineup, gets a refresh with the help of devoted owners.

When Soundings executive editor Pim Van Hemmen learns that an old friend is staying on a nearby island, he proposes they have lunch, unaware that his little RIB will have to run across 20 miles of open water.

Meet the people who find a healthy obsession in the hunt for motors with distinctive heritage.