Hot Take
April 26, 2023
A look at smart fire prevention tips, as well as how to be prepared in case a fire gains the upper hand on your boat.
A look at smart fire prevention tips, as well as how to be prepared in case a fire gains the upper hand on your boat.
In 2016 two Harbor Pilots risked their lives to maintain control of their vessel as it was engulfed in flames. The IMO awarded them IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea. See video of the fire here.
Vietnam veteran Tony Veasey used all of his savings from retirement to buy a 41-foot Hatteras, but during his first day on the water in
The Australian navy patrol boat HMAS Bundaberg became engulfed in flames yesterday during maintenance work in a Brisbane dry dock.
The Navy, Coast Guard and good Samaritan boaters teamed up last week to rescue two people from a burning boat about 17 miles west of Point Loma, California.
A fire destroyed four boats and left several boaters stranded on the docks of the Rhode Island Yacht Club in Cranston late Saturday night.
Christmas lights left on overnight may have caused a fire that destroyed a 57-foot Chris Craft Constellation docked at a San Diego marina. Sea Siesta,
The year was 1975, the ship, and Israeli Navy 65- foot Swift boat, patrolling Haifa Bay in northern Israel. Time: early afternoon hours. Sea conditions:
In the January issue of The Newsletter, I discussed alarm systems that typically reside on the engine: low oil pressure, high coolant temperature, and exhaust
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.
