Spring Commissioning: A Year-Round Endeavor
April 1, 2021
The best time for getting your boat ready to spend weeks at sea is after you’ve just returned.
The best time for getting your boat ready to spend weeks at sea is after you’ve just returned.
Here’s a story with a happy ending for an older boat and her owners. It’s also about a boating entrepreneur who found a market niche
Here we are aboard Ursa Major—a 65-foot North Sea trawler rolling softly in gentle Pacific swells a mile off Lituya Bay on Alaska’s south central
Not long ago, while writing about the launching of the 1,500TH 42- foot Grand Banks, I wondered in print about the whereabouts of the first
You decide to buy a new boat. Send several large checks to the builder, drop in occasionally to check progress and to make suggestions. And
The beer is warm. The spinach is unfrozen. The ice cream is soupy. Refrigerators, whether at home or at sea, seldom fail. But when their
Tom and Carol Olson had owned Bluejacket, a Dutch-built double-ended motor yacht, only a few hours when a nasty storm birthed by a far-away hurricane did
Here’s a shining idea. How about building that ideal, near perfect, long range or coastal cruising motorboat out of aluminum? Bare-naked aluminum. It would be
William Garden, the naval architect and marine engineer, is a romantic, a traditionalist, a perfectionist. He’s a man who cherishes privacy and does not suffer
In almost any discussion of the affordable Camano pocket trawler one of the first questions is: How do you pronounce it? In Canada, where the
A Master of Quiet Cruising
This imposing 55-footer is a comfortable, well-appointed coastal cruiser primed to take on more ambitious journeys.
To sell your boat in a buyer’s market, be honest and consider working with a professional broker.
After navigating the Pacific coasts of the United States and Mexico and wintering in the Sea of Cortez, Jeff and Kami Fehr rang in 2026 by transiting the Panama Canal aboard their meticulously refit Selene 59, Dock Holiday.
Smarter steering means frequent, but only short, glances at the chartplotter.
Howard Chen’s Bold Vision in China
How one liveaboard crew found comfort and confidence by choosing paravanes over high-tech stabilization systems.
Great Lakes Cruising Story: Family, Failures & Perseverance
An Aspen Power Catamarans rally raises the adventure bar with a trip up Vancouver Island’s untamed west coast.
Boats designed with these appendages, as well as retrofitted models, enjoy a wealth of benefits.
