Trawler People Like Taking It Easy (Blog)
September 12, 2014
“Easy does it.” That’s a mantra most current and would-be trawler owners would do well to keep in mind. We asked a dozen owners what
“Easy does it.” That’s a mantra most current and would-be trawler owners would do well to keep in mind. We asked a dozen owners what
We get lucky with three days of fair weather, fun cities, and another bit of good fortune. We arrived at the dock in Boston on fumes and without knowing it. We thought we had a full 10 percent-plus reserve until the alarm flashed on.
Friends later told us that the fog that day was worst of the season. When we were recruited to do this Demi-Downeast loop, I said
Transiting from Belfast to Rockland on a Cutwater 28 reminds the author of a curious encounter with a mischievous marine mammal. Peter Swanson reports in our blog series on the “Demi-Downeast Loop”–New York to Quebec City to Bangor and down the coast.
I love Maine, but I live in Florida and spent the past 15 years cruising down island. Before that, thanks to my newspaper’s liberal vacation
Cruise Venezuela? Forget about it. St. Lucia and St. Vincent? Beware. Avoid anchoring out in Guatemala, too. Cuba, on the other hand, “has virtually no
The old Aristotle Onassis yacht Christina O is for sale again and it has reminded me that thanks to the Internet today’s swindlers ain’t what
I watched an amateur movie posted recently on Vimeo — my latest lesson in new media — that got me thinking about the future of
Island time is great, except in an emergency. This medevac service is for boaters who need help fast.
Black streaks, yellow mustaches and rust all require different solutions to keep a boat looking clean.
A Down East icon provides inspiration for this gentlemanly cruiser.
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.
