After traveling to South America for a year, and then a five-month lockdown in India during Covid, high school sweethearts Jennifer Johnson and Elliot Schoenfeld managing busy careers returned to the United States, bought a boat, and began an adventure on America’s Great Loop.
After getting married in 2019, Kate and Tim Carney started their newlywed life in a New York City apartment, managing busy careers. But they couldn’t
Holly O’Brien had lived her life near water but had never owned a boat. That changed in 2020, when she bought the 47-foot Gulfstar trawler
Since deciding on a used Fleming 55, this couple are realizing their passagemaking aspirations while cruising the Australian coast.
Shifting weather patterns allow for more (and sometimes challenging) autumn adventures on Lake Superior.
When “fate” made an 86-year-old boat available to the Saiget family, they suddenly found themselves caretakers of a legacy.
For empty nesters Bill and Joan Nieman, the next chapter—living aboard their 42-foot Kadey-Krogen—has allowed them to keep dreaming big.
Having completed the Great Loop in his Offshore 48, this classic trawler owner still lives aboard, cruising extensively up and down the east coast.
This classic trawler owner fell in love the first time she climbed aboard a Marine Trader 38—first with the captain, then with the boat itself.
A boater from an early age, her husband reintroduced her to life on the water when they bought a 1984 Island Gypsy to explore the PNW.
Smart, removable chocks for safer, clutter-free tender stowage.
The steel Doggersbank 67 Heritage recently launched at Altena shipyard in the Netherlands.
Abandoning ship should be a last resort, not a way to handle predictable challenges.
Northern Marine has announced a major expansion to its yard in Anacortes, Wash.
Artfully Cruising the Rivers and Canals of North America
Letter from the Editor
The latest in Hunt’s Ocean series, the 56, is under construction.
This husband-and-wife team rebuilt a 1984 Downeast boat with a lot of gumption, a good bit of help and a driving desire to get back on the water.
Video walkthrough of the Fleming 58 for Chuck Hovey Yachts.
Living the Cruising Life on the Fleming 85 Enclosed Bridge
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