House Call
August 3, 2017
Let’s say you have an older diesel engine and want to gauge the state of its health. Before you spend a lot of money on
Let’s say you have an older diesel engine and want to gauge the state of its health. Before you spend a lot of money on
There are many reasons for Gizmo’s late launch last week — travel, getting old, boatyard miscommunications, etc. — but perhaps the most interesting one is what it took to properly retest Pettit Hydrocoat Eco bottom paint.
Cruising through a confused chop of 2 to 3 feet, the Aspen C120 didn’t pound, pitch, or roll. In fact, her ride was eerily smooth and quiet.
As I sped across the flat-calm waters of Howe Sound, not far from Coastal Craft’s home port of British Columbia, I felt like I was drivin’ a big, broad-shouldered, bluewater-capable, all-aluminum motoryacht while kicked back in cushy comfort.
With all the electronics aboard cruising boats today, the old magnetic compass must feel a bit ignored. Yet it is still one of the most
While carrying out an inspection aboard the vessel that PMMuses to test and evaluate new equipment, I noticed that the onboard carbon monoxide detectors appeared to
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.
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.
