A Dash of Salt: Caswell’s Razors
May 18, 2026
It is called a razor because it shaves away unnecessary complexities, providing a simple solution to complicated questions.
It is called a razor because it shaves away unnecessary complexities, providing a simple solution to complicated questions.
Oftentimes, we go overboard when trying to please everyone.
Too many boat owners are doing checklist tourism. This way of exploring is a better experience.
These 10 decrees will keep pretty much any boater safe out on the water.
The gig is more workaday than champagne and caviar, and sometimes the harbor patrol saves our bacon.
On every used boat, treasures await. They’re usually wrapped in mystery, possibly alongside a pink thong.
Building a boat that’s “good enough” for light use is not good enough for real cruising.
Whether on a coastal hop or cruising toward a faraway harbor, a passagemaking yacht meeting a new day is a sheer delight.
Explore the humorous challenges of boat fenders in Chris Caswell’s tale of mermaid fenders, locker space woes, and the quest for better yacht protection.
In part two of this series, the designer takes a deeper dive into the technical aspects of the OTG 20.
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.
With her vertical bow, reverse raked windshield and indoor-outdoor living space, the Galeon 430 EXP defies categorization.
It is called a razor because it shaves away unnecessary complexities, providing a simple solution to complicated questions.
Remembering Lifelong Marine Journalist Chris Caswell
A Master of Quiet Cruising
