
Do-It-Yourself: Fashioning Canvas Covers For Your Boat
Before we begin, I will readily admit that I’ve never been a seamstress (seamster?) and, when I was a young man, my mother insisted I learn how to hem the cuffs on my jeans.

Before we begin, I will readily admit that I’ve never been a seamstress (seamster?) and, when I was a young man, my mother insisted I learn how to hem the cuffs on my jeans.
When you walk down the dock, this boat will make you stop and look. You can tell she’s special. The midnight blue hull with white
When initally joining the boating scene, most folks have a dream, to travel distant shores or sailing off into the sunset. For many it never

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.

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.