The Case for the Compass
April 29, 2026
Smarter steering means frequent, but only short, glances at the chartplotter.
Smarter steering means frequent, but only short, glances at the chartplotter.
How one liveaboard crew found comfort and confidence by choosing paravanes over high-tech stabilization systems.
Battery technology is improving and expanding. There’s a lot in the works that is promising.
Radar has daytime advantages. Here’s how to make the most of them.
The event takes place from May 12-16, 2026.
Many chartplotters have built-in features that can be used for observing the surroundings.
It’s smart to keep an eye on the boat’s emergency equipment, even between scheduled service intervals.
The concept process behind Croix du Sud demonstrates how to consider a future refit for a classic build.
In an emergency, a properly maintained, easy-to-launch life raft can make all the difference.
A veteran sailor brings celestial navigation skills to a motoryacht’s transatlantic passage.
We follow the path of explorers who ran the Northwest Passage over a century ago, but our journey is a lot more fun
We can spend years planning for a bucket-list trip and then life gets in the way. Go now.
Splashing later this year.
Karly and Evan Nietzel—aka YouTube’s @Navigating Nietzels—tailored their careers for remote work after buying a trawler, moving onboard and completing the Great Loop. Along with their pup, Ripley, they’re just getting started.
This aluminum vessel’s throwback design belies its modern systems, all installed for a Great Loop cruise.
The three-stateroom, semidisplacement model has a range of power options and a low air draft.
A solar-power system on our classic trawler lets us spend time moored or anchored with more than enough juice to meet our energy needs.
America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association has been helping boaters complete the ultimate voyage for a quarter century.
The steel-hull Nightfall, designed by William Garden, connects generations of this family through a love of cruising.
Larry Graf, the founder, designer and lead engineer of Aspen Power Catamarans, talks about Aspen’s proa hull designs and adventure cruising on his own creations from the Arctic to the Sea of Cortez.
