San Juan Islands: Gems of the Pacific Northwest
October 22, 2020
Leave your cares—and straw hats—behind when you explore these majestic islands.
Leave your cares—and straw hats—behind when you explore these majestic islands.
If you thought that only automobiles could be cult objects, think again. It’s not just a 1965 Mustang or a ’66 ’Vette that sets the blood pounding, at least not for yachting enthusiasts. Chris Caswell takes a look back at one of Art DeFever’s best designs.
My wife and I left Los Angeles on November 3, 1996, to begin a five-year cruise aboard our trawler, Gracias. She is a 38-foot wood
An untold story in the cruising world is the value that can be found in some older boats selling for modest prices.Well-built decades ago, boats
Many of today’s cruising powerboats come from production yards, most of which offer more than one model in an attempt to satisfy various budgets and
The Bash is a 950-mile run up the wild and desolate Pacific Coast of Baja. Described by some veterans of Mexico as the Baja Bash,
Peter Whiting was showing off. No question about it. From the lower helm of the Northwest 45, he set the single engine at idle, turned
In 2001 my husband, Bob, took a job in the United Arab Emirates working for an aviation company as a helicopter pilot in support of
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.
