Solace traces its roots to Bob Dougherty’s design work at Boston Whaler, where son Stephen worked on the assembly line. The Dougherty father-and-son team would found EdgeWater Power Boats, then ...

Solace Boats is a relative newcomer—with four decades of roots to the earliest days of its specialty, the center-console boat. Former Boston Whaler designer and then owner Bob Dougherty and his son ...

From a church pew as a kid, I heard a minister quote from the book of Ecclesiastes: “There is nothing new under the sun.” Well, that preacher never laid eyes on the Solace 345 nor met the company ...

Boating had the chance to get onboard Solace’s 415CS (again!) at the 2022 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. CEO of Solace Boats, Stephen Dougherty, runs us through what makes this center ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The SŌLACE 35CS is the perfect addition to the SŌLACE lineup between the 32CS and 37CS. The 35CS offers more space in both the cockpit and cabin ...

Ralph Fries choked up as the small boat pulled into the Hampton River. It was the kind of boat he fixed in Vietnam so “the kids” could ride out again and risk their lives. They called him “Pops” back ...