
Troubled Waters: Washington’s Deception Pass
Navigating the Pacific Northwest’s Deception Pass is a challenge, even for experienced skippers.

Navigating the Pacific Northwest’s Deception Pass is a challenge, even for experienced skippers.

Leave your cares—and straw hats—behind when you explore these majestic islands.

A voyage up the Northwest Passage proves
unrelenting, and yet, unforgettable.

A Beneteau Swift Trawler 47 tackles its “proving grounds” with a bold offshore passage from Seattle to San Diego.

Video of Craig Hougen’s Norwegian trawler, Explorer in Haida Gwaii, BC.

Unlocking the mysterious, remote beauty of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia.

Nordic Tug 32 Cruises and Fishes in Remote Waters

On October 18, 1805, Lieutenant William Clark wrote in his journal that he had sighted spectacular Mt. Hood while traveling down the Columbia River with

Few areas offer cruisers the variety, protection, and beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Its 900 nautical miles of coastline, rich with inlets that reach deeply

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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.