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
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.
