Free Webinar: A Bite-Sized Adventure on America’s Great Loop
Curious about the Great Loop but not quite ready? The Florida Loop might be your perfect first step.
Curious about the Great Loop but not quite ready? The Florida Loop might be your perfect first step.
A reimagined modern fantail yacht design blending classic elegance with hybrid propulsion.
Sometimes, being good enough at the helm isn’t good enough at all.
Helmsman launches its 46 Pilothouse, a new flagship for the long-distance trawler yacht builder.
Trawlerfest is Passagemaker’s stand-alone series of boat shows designed for cruising enthusiasts.
Living the Cruising Life on the Fleming 85 Enclosed Bridge
For the series flagship, the Australia-based builder holds fast to what makes this model line a sensation.
Explore Lady Di, the Nordhavn 80 with a bespoke Vripack interior—where custom design meets luxury, innovation, and ocean-ready performance.
Discover how Captain Luuc Klop transformed a rugged, unfinished 44-foot pilothouse trawler into “Barabbas”—a stunning, family-friendly passagemaker.
Discover the Omikron OT-60, a sleek, fuel-efficient motoryacht blending sailing heritage, modern design, and long-range cruising capability.
Explore the Marlow 90V: a 97-ft luxury yacht with a stunning green hull, five staterooms, a speedy 25-knot top end and ocean-crossing capability.
Discover the Beneteau Swift Trawler 54, the largest Swift Trawler yet, featuring a semi-displacement hull, solar power tech, and luxurious design for long-range cruising.
Outer Reef unveils the Adventure 780, a steel-hull yacht merging innovation and luxury. Explore its robust design, spacious interiors, and adventure-ready features.
It took almost a decade for this couple to complete their Diesel Swan 55, but they wouldn’t change a thing.
After shifting from a Grand Banks 36 to a Greenline 33 and then a North Pacific 28, this family found unexpected benefits in down-sizing.
Building a boat that’s “good enough” for light use is not good enough for real cruising.
Essential wound care tips and first aid strategies every cruiser should know before leaving the dock.
Abandoning ship should be a last resort, not a way to handle predictable challenges.
This husband-and-wife team rebuilt a 1984 Downeast boat with a lot of gumption, a good bit of help and a driving desire to get back on the water.
Whether on a coastal hop or cruising toward a faraway harbor, a passagemaking yacht meeting a new day is a sheer delight.
Learn life-saving tips for surviving a plunge into cold water. Stay calm, prevent hypothermia, and ensure safety with expert advice for cold-water emergencies.
Protect your boat’s value with expert cleaning tips. Learn how to tackle salt, grime, and stains to keep your vessel in top shape year-round.
Explore the humorous challenges of boat fenders in Chris Caswell’s tale of mermaid fenders, locker space woes, and the quest for better yacht protection.
Both have their advantages and disadvantages, and both require making smart purchasing decisions.
Perusing the descriptions of used boats often means translating florid language to get to what’s real.
Utilizing fresh ingredients, this meal is perfect after a day on the water.
You do not need to be a seasoned mechanic to have confidence in your engine.
A liveaboard in San Francisco says a minimalist mindset and staying ahead of maintenance are key to the aquatic life.
Even on a power cruiser, a sailmaker’s sewing machine is an integral tool to have aboard.
This sophisticated dish is surprisingly simple to prepare.
With the N51, Nordhavn created a turnkey production boat for long-distance cruising. The owners of Hull No. 1 are the perfect couple to test the concept.
With preventive maintenance now, a few more months of excellent cruising can follow prime boating season.
The singular Bruce Kessler was an adventure-seeker who shared his inspirational lifestyle with the world.
Nordhavn is seeing more female owner-operators than ever. These two continue to bust through obstacles while embracing big adventures.
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