Crossing Their Wake
March 15, 2024
We’d like to recognize and congratulate those boaters who have completed the Great Loop in 2023.
We’d like to recognize and congratulate those boaters who have completed the Great Loop in 2023.
The skills of boat owners come in handy when dealing with life on land.
These lesser-known spots along the Intracoastal Waterway are often uncrowded and always ripe for exploration.
Understanding forecast models and their limitations can make you a safer boater.
Mobile phones and other devices divert our attention from piloting our boats, sometimes with serious results.
A guide to understanding waves, wave forecasting, and how best to handle your boat in them.
The 50-foot flybridge cruiser was reflecting light much like the surrounding skyscrapers as I approached the New York City marina. She was mine for the next four days, and I wanted to be prepared.
Understanding how your alternator does its work will keep the electricity flowing.
One of the best reasons to cast off the lines and go cruising is that you have no reason at all.
Island time is great, except in an emergency. This medevac service is for boaters who need help fast.
Black streaks, yellow mustaches and rust all require different solutions to keep a boat looking clean.
A Down East icon provides inspiration for this gentlemanly cruiser.
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.
