The Ship Trap
March 15, 2018
The Dry Torugas with its shallow waters, combined with increasing traffic, strong currents, and numerous hurricanes, became known as a “ship trap.”
The Dry Torugas with its shallow waters, combined with increasing traffic, strong currents, and numerous hurricanes, became known as a “ship trap.”
Angus P. Boatwright, shown above, was born in South Carolina, on March 22, 1906. Sometime after the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, but prior to the
“The Elephants are marching!” reported my husband, Denis, after he reconnoitered the situation from a third floor vantage point at Fort Lauderdale Beach. This condition,
Island time is great, except in an emergency. This medevac service is for boaters who need help fast.
Black streaks, yellow mustaches and rust all require different solutions to keep a boat looking clean.
A Down East icon provides inspiration for this gentlemanly cruiser.
We follow the path of explorers who ran the Northwest Passage over a century ago, but our journey is a lot more fun
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.
