
Capt. Joe’s Mad Monk 36
My boating journey sort of began with Theo Toko three years ago.

My boating journey sort of began with Theo Toko three years ago.

After traveling to South America for a year, and then a five-month lockdown in India during Covid, high school sweethearts Jennifer Johnson and Elliot Schoenfeld managing busy careers returned to the United States, bought a boat, and began an adventure on America’s Great Loop.

Lachlan Palmer was destined to be a boater. “Right from the get-go, I was surrounded by boats,” he tells Passagemaker. “I grew up boating around

After getting married in 2019, Kate and Tim Carney started their newlywed life in a New York City apartment, managing busy careers. But they couldn’t

Holly O’Brien had lived her life near water but had never owned a boat. That changed in 2020, when she bought the 47-foot Gulfstar trawler

Since deciding on a used Fleming 55, this couple are realizing their passagemaking aspirations while cruising the Australian coast.

When “fate” made an 86-year-old boat available to the Saiget family, they suddenly found themselves caretakers of a legacy.

For empty nesters Bill and Joan Nieman, the next chapter—living aboard their 42-foot Kadey-Krogen—has allowed them to keep dreaming big.

Having completed the Great Loop in his Offshore 48, this classic trawler owner still lives aboard, cruising extensively up and down the east coast.

This classic trawler owner fell in love the first time she climbed aboard a Marine Trader 38—first with the captain, then with the boat itself.

Twin 1,000-hp Volvo Penta D13s and 285 nautical miles of range give the new Absolute 70 Fly the room and speed to roam.

After more than 500,000 nautical miles as yacht delivery captains, Assen and Nikolay Alexandrov are still bringing boats home.

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Windlass and ground tackle maintenance can make all the difference in an emergency.

Good seamanship means using every available tool, but never relying on any one alone.

“A Marriage at Sea” Book Review

The newest boat in the builder’s popular line lets buyers choose sedan or flybridge style.

Hull No. 20 of the builder’s contemporary, full-displacement series is awash in customization.

How to navigate the long haul with ancient wisdom.

I used AI to chart a course through a notorious waterway. The results were unusable.