The Boatyard Business Plan
February 3, 2020
Getting ready for a boatyard visit? These tips will save time and money.
Getting ready for a boatyard visit? These tips will save time and money.
Time spent working at an iconic Annapolis chandlery was one of the best things to happen to the author
A conversation with Kim Russo, the Executive Director of the American Great Loop Cruising Association.
At the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in early November I had the pleasure of meeting Delphine André, from Beneteau Yachts, onboard the new Swift Trawler 30.
Tony Fleming has a lot to say about living a nautical life of adventure, and rightfully so. In the second part of his ShopTalk interview, get a closer look at what makes his film-making mind tick.
I had to chuckle earlier when Adam told me his primary reason for installing the FLIR thermal camera on Spirit of Adventure was due to his major fear of running into a whale at night. But then…
We have lift-off. A pesky buzz, like that from a chorus of humming birds, lifted our photo drone from the hands of its minder and into the air to capture a Greenline 48 and out little place in history.
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.
With her vertical bow, reverse raked windshield and indoor-outdoor living space, the Galeon 430 EXP defies categorization.
