This couple found a Diesel Duck 462 in Hawaii and spent over a year traveling from their home in Arizona to get her ready for a 2,500 nautical mile journey to Alaska. But the story doesn’t end there.
These fundamental—yet off the beaten path—navigation tips may help get you home when things go bad or your electronics go out.
Take these steps to ensure a trouble-free launch at the start of your boating season, or after having some work done on your vessel.
At the behest of Leopard Catamarans, Passagemaker editor-in-chief Jeff Moser is joined by Power & Motoryacht’s Chris Dixon to discuss their journey to South Africa.
Sam Devlin has run Devlin Designing Boat Builders since 1978. An active proponent of wood/epoxy boats throughout his career, Sam is the author of the 1997 best seller Devlin’s Boat Building on the stitch-and-glue method.
At age 50, Fleming founded his eponymously named yacht company, which would become among the most successful lines of passagemaking yachts ever built. He reflects on his early days, extensive cruising in his retirement and much more.
Jennifer Johnson and Elliot Schoenfeld tell us how they fell in love with life on the water while abroad, finding the right boat that would also be their home, and how they decided to take on the Great Loop on a budget and while managing professional careers.
Addressing a maintenance checklist during the heart of the boating season will help to ensure trouble-free cruising. It’s a good time to get everything up to snuff, and to ensure a better end to the boating season.
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, boating newbies Kate and Tim Carney knew it was time to buy their first vessel and take on the 6,000-mile Great Loop.
Whether you are coastal cruising‚ or headed well offshore, telemedicine is a must-have. Our guest, Mike Dunleavy, discusses how DigiGone’s portable medical kits can be used via satellite or Wi-Fi to virtually connect cruisers, in real time, to onshore physicians.
An interesting and well-optioned 3-stateroom newcomer to U.S. shores
After overplanning for a Gulf Stream crossing on my refitted Grand Banks 47, I found myself in a scene that would have shocked anyone.
Your boat and its systems are composed of a wide variety of fasteners.
It’s smart to keep an eye on the boat’s emergency equipment, even between scheduled service intervals.
Discover how Captain Luuc Klop transformed a rugged, unfinished 44-foot pilothouse trawler into “Barabbas”—a stunning, family-friendly passagemaker.
A Veteran of Two Great Loops on Small Boats Considers a Third in a 25-foot C-Dory TomCat.
Setting expectations and communicating clearly can make time on the hard shorter and more fruitful.
It’s not every day that a builder and owner take Hull No. 1 for 1,200-mile, open-water shakedown, but the Demey 60 Spaceship is headed for new frontiers.
The concept process behind Croix du Sud demonstrates how to consider a future refit for a classic build.
Anchoring comes with a lot of variables. Here are the key things to keep in mind in order to stay put.
