
Threading the Needle
Tampa Bay pilot Carolyn Kurtz has navigated more than a few challenges in the maritime world.

Tampa Bay pilot Carolyn Kurtz has navigated more than a few challenges in the maritime world.

Mystery shipwreck identified as pre-Revolutionary War cargo vessel.

Making good decisions at sea is about much more than going with your gut.

One of the most beloved structures on Chesapeake Bay is in trouble.


Be mindful of whom you take on your boat because some people can get you into trouble

We join the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue on a patrol of the icy waters near the Barents Sea to learn just how far these crews will go to save a boater’s bacon



No matter how big your boat is when you are lost you are a small object in a large ocean.

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.