Evidence shows that humans used boats as far back as prehistoric times, with the earliest reports of usage dating back to approximately around 900,000 years ago. So, what exactly is a runabout boat?

Take advantage of real dealer pricing and shop special offers on new and used boats. Select your boat to get started. A boat's history affects it's value—check the history of this 1972 Coronet/Botved ...

These days, it’s common for automakers to build road-legal tributes to their race cars; whether these have any extra performance to go with the extra carbon-fiber and graphics packages or whether they ...

A good portion of our audience doesn't give a rat's you-know-what about boats. But Barn finds are arguably what everyone around here loves more than anything else. So when we found a venerable pocket ...

Crownline is a premium runabout brand, and its models are built tough to take the knocks that big inland waters dish out, such as the Lake of the Ozarks. We ran the 280 CRX on the Caloosahatchee River ...

The distinctive look of a classic runabout—a subtly curved profile, varnished mahogany hull and decks, and mirror-finished chrome—took shape in the 1920s before fully coming into its own in the 1960s.

Runabouts are hard to define but easy to love. A runabout can be any of a variety of boats that have one thing in common, they take folks out on the water for fun. A good analogy would be to compare ...

Nautical inspiration in the auto industry is a common thing. Rolls-Royce, for example, uses decking similar to that on a yacht at the back of its Phantom Drophead Coupe. This can be traced back to the ...

If you think electric boats are only for the wealthy, you’re right. Though today, Swedish electric boatbuilder X Shore is hoping to change that with a 21-foot boat the company claims is about one ...

If you think the east coast is better than the west, you’ve failed the ultimate Swiss litmus test: the ability to identify discreet luxury. Sure, the show-pony Gold Coast has beautiful sunsets and ...

Swans, pelicans, rubber duckies, cars and dragons. Pedal-powered paddle boat (pedalo) designs tends to swing between cutesy kitsch and blandly pragmatic, which is why Beau Lake's Runabout – a paddle ...