Summering In Alaska At 6 Knots
October 15, 2024
Soundings Deputy Editor Pim Van Hemmen joined boatbuilder Sam Devlin on a summer cruise in Alaska aboard Puffin, Devlin’s 1966 wooden trawler.
Soundings Deputy Editor Pim Van Hemmen joined boatbuilder Sam Devlin on a summer cruise in Alaska aboard Puffin, Devlin’s 1966 wooden trawler.
Sam Devlin has run Devlin Designing Boat Builders since 1978. An active proponent of wood/epoxy boats throughout his career, Sam is the author of the 1997 best seller Devlin’s Boat Building on the stitch-and-glue method.
A cherished family boat for adventures far and wide, Honker inspires a new design to cruise portions of the Great Loop.
The Dynamo Too concept is a stich-and-glue version of William Garden’s plank-on-frame Dynamo.
There are few folks like Sam Devlin—artist, perfectionist, and dreamer caught in the profession of boatbuilding.
Is the Albacore 40 a truly classic design? The way my eyes see her makes it hard for me to tell.
A father, a son, and a dream of zero-impact passage making culminates in a record-setting 1,400 mile voyage.
The idea for this Oso Blanco 54 springs from a bucket-list cruising itinerary.
The double-ended Tyee 33 underscores why two sterns can, sometimes, be better than one.
When you can’t go any faster or slower, there are other options to help you arrive safely.
Let’s bring back these nautical words and terms. They’re better than the way we communicate today.
Once a rescue craft, this Norway-built steel trawler is the ticket to ride for a venturesome crew.
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.
