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October 3, 2024
Perusing the descriptions of used boats often means translating florid language to get to what’s real.
Perusing the descriptions of used boats often means translating florid language to get to what’s real.
Even on a power cruiser, a sailmaker’s sewing machine is an integral tool to have aboard.
When the author grew tired of running a noisy genset while at anchor in his Selene 60, he installed a solar array.
Researchers have built entire careers “discovering” stuff that we boaters already know.
Only those skippers with a taste for misfortune fail to follow boating’s superstitions.
Today’s technology means we’re losing necessary skills that we no longer use.
797.1 is a wonderful place full of fantastic boats and mariners—and enough inspiration to last a lifetime.
Forget the 5 percent rule. You’ll give up many other things to pay the price, whatever it is. Love always finds a way.
I hate to admit it, but I love being up to my ankles in barnacles and wood shavings, reeking of bottom paint, with fingernails that will take a week to clean.
When choosing crew and guests, think about more than who’s fun at the bar.
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
This imposing 55-footer is a comfortable, well-appointed coastal cruiser primed to take on more ambitious journeys.
