Character Matters
March 13, 2023
In Sam Devlin’s last column for Passagemaker, he shares what makes any boat the right boat.
In Sam Devlin’s last column for Passagemaker, he shares what makes any boat the right boat.
The Dynamo Too concept is a stich-and-glue version of William Garden’s plank-on-frame Dynamo.
Is the Albacore 40 a truly classic design? The way my eyes see her makes it hard for me to tell.
There’s something about a comfortable ride aboard a heavy displacement boat. No drama—just quiet capability, every day.
The idea for this Oso Blanco 54 springs from a bucket-list cruising itinerary.
Western Flyer Gets a Plank-by-Plank Restoration and Soul Re-Infusion
Passion ignites young people to join the industry, but creating it requires early exposure.
A traditional school for wooden boatbuilding modernizes to shape the next generation of builders.
While the Dashews have retired from designing and building, FPBs Steve Dashew is still perfecting his personal designs aboard his own FPB 78.
This 8-axis robotic CNC machine can do a month’s worth of work in a few days
Few boat accessories reveal past maintenance failures more than clear vinyl enclosures.
Smarter steering means frequent, but only short, glances at the chartplotter.
In an emergency, a properly maintained, easy-to-launch life raft can make all the difference.
Why we chose to build our dream version of a Selene 60 from the keel up.
Exploring the Utrechtse Vecht on the redesigned Elling E4.
Two decades after their first circumnavigation, Don and Anja Richards are crossing oceans again to help their son, Keith, kickstart his own cruising dream.
We caught up to the liveaboards at their winter roost in Southwest Alaska to chat about following your dreams and living a life less ordinary.
The gig is more workaday than champagne and caviar, and sometimes the harbor patrol saves our bacon.
How I learned to love the solitude and adventure of cruising with my canine companions.
A veteran sailor brings celestial navigation skills to a motoryacht’s transatlantic passage.
