Watermaker: Doing It Yourself
March 1, 2013
INTRODUCTION I’m a longtime cruiser of the Inside Passage, the Canadian waterway that connects Washington State to Southeast Alaska. I’m very comfortable aboard Intrepid, a Krogen 42
INTRODUCTION I’m a longtime cruiser of the Inside Passage, the Canadian waterway that connects Washington State to Southeast Alaska. I’m very comfortable aboard Intrepid, a Krogen 42
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
Interested in going on that long distance cruise to Hawaii? How about seasonal cruising at 10 knots up to Maine for a summer vacation? Anyone
They say naturally aspirated diesels are best. Hmmm… Are these the same they who tell us it will be a rough winter? Or the they
Here’s a shining idea. How about building that ideal, near perfect, long range or coastal cruising motorboat out of aluminum? Bare-naked aluminum. It would be
An untold story in the cruising world is the value that can be found in some older boats selling for modest prices.Well-built decades ago, boats
Heavy Metal, cold to the touch. Everything under foot feels solid, secure. A dropped platter of hors d’oeuvres shatters on impact like a fragile glass
You know how a dog begins to whimper and wiggle as it nears home after a long car ride? I could identify with that as
Fuel is of little use if it can’t be safely and reliably stored and transported from the vessel’s tank to the equipment that craves it:
I first saw her on a beautiful April day in 1992. I was walking along the dock on Seattle’s Lake Union, and there she was.
An interesting and well-optioned 3-stateroom newcomer to U.S. shores
After overplanning for a Gulf Stream crossing on my refitted Grand Banks 47, I found myself in a scene that would have shocked anyone.
Your boat and its systems are composed of a wide variety of fasteners.
It’s smart to keep an eye on the boat’s emergency equipment, even between scheduled service intervals.
Discover how Captain Luuc Klop transformed a rugged, unfinished 44-foot pilothouse trawler into “Barabbas”—a stunning, family-friendly passagemaker.
A Veteran of Two Great Loops on Small Boats Considers a Third in a 25-foot C-Dory TomCat.
Setting expectations and communicating clearly can make time on the hard shorter and more fruitful.
It’s not every day that a builder and owner take Hull No. 1 for 1,200-mile, open-water shakedown, but the Demey 60 Spaceship is headed for new frontiers.
The concept process behind Croix du Sud demonstrates how to consider a future refit for a classic build.
Anchoring comes with a lot of variables. Here are the key things to keep in mind in order to stay put.
