
Our Deliverance
Boats are more than just pipe dreams: they can be our deliverance.


For our silver anniversary in 2009, Vic and I thought it would be a good idea if we came up with a slogan that could—hopefully—become our slogo. Shucks, if it’s good enough for Arby’s and Macy’s, why not Southwest Florida Yachts?

Yacht charter company The Moorings debuted its newest power catamaran, The Moorings 433PC, at Yachts Miami Beach on Friday. Constructed in collaboration with the boatbuilder

Most of our yacht chartering customers have cruised before. Many own or have owned yachts. When I go over the do’s and don’ts, they get

Barb takes some notes on Heaven and how after a loss, we are often inspired to be better. Boaters have always taken care of boaters, so here’s the thing, be better.

So this is my prescription for our nation’s malaise. Go down to the waterfront and breathe in the sunshine and salt air. If you need a stronger medication, try to get on the water.

So if you agree we have a problem with what I call the head-down syndrome, what can we do? The answer is simple: Go Boating!

I just read about a girl, 17, who drank tequila all afternoon then drove off in her expensive sports car. She dialed a friend on

For some reason, flotilla charters seem to have a stigma attached to them, especially among experienced charter customers. “I don’t want to be led through
Ever since I can remember, boats have fascinated me. During World War II, I visited my godfather at his summer house on Fire Island, N.Y.

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.