2023 Boat Buyers Guide

Welcome to Boating’s 2023 Boat Buyers Guide! Our team produces this guide annually to serve you as you prepare to buy your next (or first) boat. Knowledge of a boat’s performance ranks as a key factor that provides confidence to buyers, whether at a boat show or in the dealer’s showroom. Boating editors rate as a top source for this information. Our tech team of professionals boasts a combined two centuries of assessing boats and creating reports about them for a living. (If you want to add in their personal boating time prior to working this field, our editors’ combined boating experience is even greater.) We eat, sleep and drink boats. We also run more boats—and a wider variety of boats—than anyone else.

So, what does this experience and dedication do for you? One, it provides you with performance tests you can trust. Second, you get the insightful commentary that can only come from professionals who can view a given boat through three lenses: what it is in itself, how it compares to other similar boats, and where it fits in the universe of all boats. Third, with the compilation of this annual Boat Buyers Guide, our team of staffers and contributors delivers you a means to compare a number of boats of the same type.

Search by boat type below and enjoy the full reviews and walkthrough videos.