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Unicorn Sighting

A former fighting craft keeps her pugnacious profile with a makeover that fits her singularity.

Lush Life

A Dutch-built steel fishing trawler is reborn to pursue a life of leisure as Project PM-8.

Chesapeake Rising

The Chesa 44 aims to reinvigorate the classic deadrise workboat for recreation.

New Classic

Husk, a classic trawler, has modern features and amenities in a traditional package.

A Word About Design

Rowing through anchorages helped establish my pretty-boat rating. It still holds water.

A Classic, Reimagined

Here’s how the Grand Banks 32 could look with a few feet added at her transom and an updated layout.

Character Matters

In Sam Devlin’s last column for Passagemaker, he shares what makes any boat the right boat.

Archipelago 47

This new, U.K.-based builder seeks to combine the best qualities from commercial boats with yachting.

Mirror, Mirror

A different approach leads a designer to make updates to the Devlin 37 while retaining her essence.

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Living off the Grid

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.

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Bridging the Journey

America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association has been helping boaters complete the ultimate voyage for a quarter century.

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Making Memories

The steel-hull Nightfall, designed by William Garden, connects generations of this family through a love of cruising.

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A Pacific Northwest Powercat Pioneer

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.

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Shape-Shifter

With her vertical bow, reverse raked windshield and indoor-outdoor living space, the Galeon 430 EXP defies categorization.

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North by Northwest

This imposing 55-footer is a comfortable, well-appointed coastal cruiser primed to take on more ambitious journeys.

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