Modest Boat, Grand Tour
April 1, 2025
Andre Lay and Cavendish are back on the brine and on Trawler Talk!
Andre Lay and Cavendish are back on the brine and on Trawler Talk!
Four intrepid women spent over two months on a cruise up the Inside Passage of British Columbia on a North Pacific 28.
This family spent several years cruising throughout Europe after crossing the Atlantic on their Nordhavn 64.
James Waters and his wife nearly purchased a 63-foot trawler. But the jump was too big for insurers. So they bought a smaller vessel and cruised far and wide, learned its many systems and earned sea time with the goal of a life as liveaboards on a proper trawler.
A longtime liveaboard, Hollyman was a New York harbor tugboat cook, a Fulbright scholar and a photojournalist for major TV networks. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Powercat Alert: Aquila just debuted their 50 Yacht, a stunning boat that’s bound for private ownership and charter that’s pushing the boundaries of multihull design
Soundings Deputy Editor Pim Van Hemmen joined boatbuilder Sam Devlin on a summer cruise in Alaska aboard Puffin, Devlin’s 1966 wooden trawler.
Druek shares his experiences of launching a semicustom yacht company, Outer Reef’s current and future projects, and more.
The scuttlebutt from Europe’s largest in-water boat show.
Joe Lovejoy figured that life as a liveaboard would suit his tastes and found his new home, a 1982 Ed Monk 36, near San Diego. Lovejoy details his search, the work he’s done to her, the people that have helped him along the way and more.
A couple’s set their sights on a rare model for their forever boat.
This four-stateroom model is packed with custom features and equipment.
The latest Nordhavn 71 to hit the brine, Hull No. 3, has made her way up the West Coast, bound for Canada and beyond.
It took this couple a decade to build the boat of their dreams, a Diesel Swan 55
This couple rebuilt a classic former tugboat as they lived aboard and built their family.
September 23-27, 2025
This wooden classic was refit for a life on the rich emerald waters of the Salish Sea and beyond.
The latest model adds a full walkaround layout, a new hull design and an optional solar array.
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