THE VIEW FROM THE MARINA: The New Family Vacation
September 17, 2013
I just read about a girl, 17, who drank tequila all afternoon then drove off in her expensive sports car. She dialed a friend on
I just read about a girl, 17, who drank tequila all afternoon then drove off in her expensive sports car. She dialed a friend on
To kick off our new Pets Aboard photo feature, we present a gallery of animal companions (such as Grace here, getting her sea legs) from
Heritage: Something passed down from generation to generation. It used to be common in boat building, as family-run boat yards built just a handful of
Some people in the marine industry are low profile, seldom seen outside of the boat show circuit. Yet some of them are key players in
We are obsessed. Hooked. My husband, Doug, and I bought a boat in the Netherlands in 2001, and we spend five months a year cruising
When I married Dave, I also married his dream of cruising the ICW. He had grown up sailing on the Chesapeake with his grandparents. I
Boatbuilding is a lot like writing. Plenty of people say they want to do it, but few ever take a big project from conception to
After years of cruising the Intracoastal Waterway on twin-engine boats ranging from a fast, 42-foot semi-displacement trawler to a 49-foot fulldisplacement trawler, Ray and Donna
As a member of the committee that hosts the Safety at Sea program at the U.S. Naval Academy, I am continually reminded of the need
A short film on the Western Flyer
The Omikron OT-60 is an elegant, Mediterranean island-hopper, and surprisingly more.
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.
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