Fiberglass Gleam Team
April 25, 2024
Gelcoat needs smart maintenance on a regular schedule to keep the boat looking sharp.
Gelcoat needs smart maintenance on a regular schedule to keep the boat looking sharp.
Sure, there are a number of fast fixes out there for fiberglass cracks—but if you want it done right, follow these five easy steps.
Forget to wear a long-sleeved shirt when grinding fiberglass? Try this trick.
If you’ve ever been on the hunt for the best dinghy for your boat, or the next dinghy for your boat, you know that the options are endless. You can choose the classic standby inflatable; go for a more robust RIB (rigid inflatable boat); you can opt for fiberglass molded boats; aluminum tenders; custom-made dinghies; and of course there are the multi-purpose dinghies.
When you want something bad enough, chances are you’ll find a way to get it or make it happen. It’s that way with life, and
William Garden, the naval architect and marine engineer, is a romantic, a traditionalist, a perfectionist. He’s a man who cherishes privacy and does not suffer
On the way to her first Seattle Boat Show, Fine Romance, a new 57-foot full displacement pilothouse trawler,was pummeled by 50-knot January winds as she left
THE TEAK DECKS ON OUR 1980 GRAND BANKS 42 were starting to look a bit shabby, as well as beginning to leak in the aft
There I sat, at a table with the great Charley Morgan, one of the founding fathers of fiberglass, as he tried to explain the nuances
This story is the longest in-progress feature in PMM’s history, but it’s time to bring it to you. When I first did the boat tour on the
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.
