
Bluewater Prep
Prepping a boat for bluewater travel is an order of magnitude more challenging than typical weekend boating or even coastal cruising.

Prepping a boat for bluewater travel is an order of magnitude more challenging than typical weekend boating or even coastal cruising.

Technical contributor Steve Zimmerman on how to manage and maintain cable and hydraulic steering systems

Boatbuilding is a lot like writing. Plenty of people say they want to do it, but few ever take a big project from conception to
For want of a nut, the steering was lost. Cape Mudge is at the northwest end of the Straits of Georgia, between Vancouver Island and

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.