Decades of Connecting Buyers & Sellers

Since our first edition came off the press in May 1980, our mission has remained the same.

1997

The world-wide web

Early in the internet era, BestBoatBuys.com launches on May 19, 1997 (18 years after teh first print edition) alongside the print edition. Readers can now browse listings in the print magazine and on the world-wide web.

2026

Today

Still local. Still boaters. Still helping you find your next boat."

1980

The first issue

Best Boat Buys launches as a monthly boating "shopper" magazine: boats for sale, dealer ads and classifieds, delivered to initially to Cape Cod marinas, tackle shops, newsstands. Soon after we expanded our reached to Greater Boston and Rhode Island.