HPS stands for High Performance Step, a hull design that improves fuel economy and performance and "built-in" running angle. Courtesy Pathfinder Boats The helm of Pathfinder's 2300 HPS is compact to ...

This story appears in the August 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Kamchatka Peninsula, rugged and remote, is a vast blade of land stabbing southwestward through cold seas from the ...