
Best of the Great Loop: Backwater Gems
Add these nine best-kept-secrets to your itinerary for the ultimate Great Loop adventure.

Add these nine best-kept-secrets to your itinerary for the ultimate Great Loop adventure.

Be mindful of whom you take on your boat because some people can get you into trouble


Cuba and The Bahamas: These two island nations are separated by only 14 miles, yet are worlds apart.


When my husband and I, a couple of thirtysomethings, would describe our plans to quit our jobs and go cruising, the news was almost always

How an artist and mother found herself schooling two children and managing family life aboard a classic cruiser.

The producers of the new Wilmington Boat Show in North Carolina say the inaugural show is bigger than they expected when they started planning it

Published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, the SRT can assess your musculoskeletal fitness and may potentially even predict your lifespan.

Storm drogues and sea anchors can vastly improve your comfort level at sea. Often confused as the same piece of equipment, a speed-limiting storm drogue and a sea anchor serve two very different purposes.

An interesting and well-optioned 3-stateroom newcomer to U.S. shores

After overplanning for a Gulf Stream crossing on my refitted Grand Banks 47, I found myself in a scene that would have shocked anyone.

Your boat and its systems are composed of a wide variety of fasteners.

It’s smart to keep an eye on the boat’s emergency equipment, even between scheduled service intervals.

Discover how Captain Luuc Klop transformed a rugged, unfinished 44-foot pilothouse trawler into “Barabbas”—a stunning, family-friendly passagemaker.

A Veteran of Two Great Loops on Small Boats Considers a Third in a 25-foot C-Dory TomCat.

Setting expectations and communicating clearly can make time on the hard shorter and more fruitful.

It’s not every day that a builder and owner take Hull No. 1 for 1,200-mile, open-water shakedown, but the Demey 60 Spaceship is headed for new frontiers.

The concept process behind Croix du Sud demonstrates how to consider a future refit for a classic build.

Anchoring comes with a lot of variables. Here are the key things to keep in mind in order to stay put.