How It’s Made: Ship-in-a-Bottle
May 3, 2017
This video, from PassageMaker Magazine, was filmed at the 2016 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend, where Jeff Simmons was revealing a seafaring mystery, how
This video, from PassageMaker Magazine, was filmed at the 2016 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend, where Jeff Simmons was revealing a seafaring mystery, how
Although there are many new boats coming on the cruising scene these days, the majority are built to appeal to the upper end of our
Many of today’s cruising powerboats come from production yards, most of which offer more than one model in an attempt to satisfy various budgets and
When Dave and Margi Grow decided to make the switch from their Columbia 50 sailboat, Stampede, to a cruising powerboat, they decided to aim for a
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
Growlers is in the water! We are just now stepping into the various projects that will transform her from a working commercial boat into a
Tugboats are contagious. I know. From my ground floor office in a house on Fidalgo Island, Washington, I spend too much time watching tugboats at
Four years ago we published a concept article on catamaran-style trawlers (PMM, Fall ’97). Author Graham Pfister explored the possibilities and advantages of a cruising
Proportional throttle, soft docking, and joystick precision make docking a non-issue.
Proper fuel management is key to hassle-free, long-range power cruising.
A short film on the Western Flyer
The Omikron OT-60 is an elegant, Mediterranean island-hopper, and surprisingly more.
Smart, removable chocks for safer, clutter-free tender stowage.
The steel Doggersbank 67 Heritage recently launched at Altena shipyard in the Netherlands.
Abandoning ship should be a last resort, not a way to handle predictable challenges.
Northern Marine has announced a major expansion to its yard in Anacortes, Wash.
Artfully Cruising the Rivers and Canals of North America
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