
A Family Affair
Rebuilding this 45-foot workboat brought all of us closer together on and off the water.

Rebuilding this 45-foot workboat brought all of us closer together on and off the water.

As the Bowlin crew aboard the Cruisers 4450 “Light & Salty” found, there’s no shortage of grand moments on the Loop.

People are buying two things during the Covid-19 pandemic: boats and dogs. Both require training and practice.

Are you and your partner bound for bulkhead bliss? Find out now.

As if we needed any more proof that dogs love to cruise.

Why boating is the ideal summer activity during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A vacation cruise from Finland to Germany on a Sargo 31 brings lifetimes of memories for a Pacific Northwest family.


It’s a common scene: Night has fallen, you’re in an unfamiliar anchorage, and though you’ve studied the maps and charts and gotten the lowdown from

Tempting The Sailor’s Heart: Our Intrepid Editor-in-Chief tries to lure a life-long sailor to the power-side by delivering the newest Ranger Tug to the world’s largest rendezvous.

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.