
Immortal Words, Historic Boat
The purse seiner celebrated in the Nobel Prize-winning literature of John Steinbeck returns from dereliction to working life.

The purse seiner celebrated in the Nobel Prize-winning literature of John Steinbeck returns from dereliction to working life.

The Beneteau Swift Trawler 47 departed San Francisco and made her way to Monterey Bay, California.

Updates from the Beneteau Swift Pacific Adventure Captain on the first leg of the trip, Seattle to San Francisco.
My wife, Polly, and I had been under way for about 13 hours and were frazzled. Despite superb weather and glorious scenery, it was the

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

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.