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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.
Once a rescue craft, this Norway-built steel trawler is the ticket to ride for a venturesome crew.
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.
