
Anacortes Boat & Yacht Show featuring Trawlerfest 2025
Join us in beautiful Anacortes as Trawlerfest partners with the Anacortes Boat & Yacht Show for an amazing event

Join us in beautiful Anacortes as Trawlerfest partners with the Anacortes Boat & Yacht Show for an amazing event

Soundings Deputy Editor Pim Van Hemmen joined boatbuilder Sam Devlin on a summer cruise in Alaska aboard Puffin, Devlin’s 1966 wooden trawler.


We took our 60-foot Selene to Alaska’s Prince William Sound and the Kenai Peninsula, and enjoyed a blissful month of cruising.

The founder of Fleming Yachts returns to Alaska on his well-traveled 65, surpassing 71,000 nautical miles under her keel.

A 10-week charter up the Inside Passage to Alaska on a Nordic Tug 37 is an experience filled with culture, wildlife and memories to last a lifetime.

Pin this “anytime” recipe in your galley for a marvelous shrimp dinner in less than 30 minutes.

Meet the Alaskan man who makes a 14-hour boat trip weekly to supply his remote town with groceries amid the pandemic.

Unlike in the Bahamas, this particular jurisdiction does not include fishing in its cruising permits. So be it.

Cruising Alaska on a Fleming 65 yields a feast for all the senses.

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.