Tide and Currents
October 3, 2024
Consulting tide charts for safe arrival and departure is good practice, but tidal currents need to be considered as well.
Consulting tide charts for safe arrival and departure is good practice, but tidal currents need to be considered as well.
Seasickness can strike even the saltiest captain, but measures can be taken to avoid the dread.
Adapting to new technology may be harder for some boaters than others, but it’s the way of the future.
An exciting and busy Trawlerfest reminds me that it’s never too late to go back to the basics of boat handling.
Responsible boat handling and good seamanship require balancing helm technology with situational awareness.
Watchkeeping is an underappreciated skill that should always be part of operating the boat.
The risks are numerous when single-handing a medium- to large-size cruising boat.
Mobile phones and other devices divert our attention from piloting our boats, sometimes with serious results.
The ways that different hull forms handle waves, and how best to handle your boat in them.
A guide to understanding waves, wave forecasting, and how best to handle your boat in them.
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.
