Maggie's Farm

Our Barrister must have a prosperous pal because the lines of that boat in his photo are pure Hinckley. (It's a good post, too.) In the Northeast, on salt water, few small power boats are more admired than the modestly-named and understatedly-designed Hinckley Picnic Boat. These peppy, preppy boats have a jet water drive, can be maneuvered with an un-nautical joystick instead of a wheel, draw only 18" because there is no prop, can get up to 29 knots and cruise at 25, can turn on a dime, and can stop in two boat lengths by reversing the jets. There is plenty of power and hi-tech engineering in that streamlined lobster boat:

Here's the Popular Mechanics piece on the Picnic Boat. Here's a used one, for sale. 

Wonderful toys. I admire them, but don't really want one because I wouldn't find the time to use it her enough to justify the substantial price tag. If you want something a bit larger but with the same jet drive, there's the stunning Hinckley 44' Talaria, reviewed here: