Amante Ruggedly Handsome!
July 23, 2012
When you walk down the dock, this boat will make you stop and look. You can tell she’s special. The midnight blue hull with white
When you walk down the dock, this boat will make you stop and look. You can tell she’s special. The midnight blue hull with white
We usually think of engine room maintenance as specific jobs performed while at the dock. Sometimes these tasks are accomplished by a local mechanic or
If you’re like me, you probably find fascination in all aspects of boats, their systems, and everything related to them. Recently, I have been particularly
I COULDN’T HELP BEING EXCITED, AND CONCERNED. WE WERE driving north on Interstate 5 toward Bellingham, Washington, for the boating challenge of a lifetime. It
Only eight hours into a two-week trip, and already I was yielding to circumstance and deviating from my plan. Under a leaden sky I had
As the complexity of today’s cruising environment grows, the autopilot plays an increasingly important role in the day-to-day operation of a vessel. Not too many
For want of a nut, the steering was lost. Cape Mudge is at the northwest end of the Straits of Georgia, between Vancouver Island and
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.
