Big center-console boats—models ranging from 35 to more than 40 feet in length—are ­taking over in warm places such as Florida where cabins seem superfluous. With a larger center-­console comes lots ...

To avid freediver and spearfisherman Joe Neber, boatbuilding seemed like a natural career path growing up in Miami. Entering that industry, he soon came to found his own company, Contender Boats, in ...