
Haul or Nothing
A pre-purchase haulout is a great time to learn more about a boat’s below-water features and is a vital part of the survey process.

A pre-purchase haulout is a great time to learn more about a boat’s below-water features and is a vital part of the survey process.

Boating is a wonderful opportunity for serendipitous discoveries, which are often a lot more fun than the planned destination

The ways that different hull forms handle waves, and how best to handle your boat in them.

The Swedish boatbuilder’s new flagship looks to make a splash in the fast trawler market.

Join us for an impressive in-water selection of new and pre-owned cruising powerboats, first-class education and demonstrations, the latest in marine products and services, and opportunities to share cruising adventures with fellow cruisers and industry experts.

It is imperative that you hire the best surveyor available and that your search to identify that person is given priority treatment as soon as you are ready to write up an offer.

After 230,000 miles under sail, a cruising couple made the decision to buy a trawler and never looked back.


Most purchase and sale agreements stipulate that your deposit is due once the seller accepts your written offer. The amount is normally 10 percent of the contracted price, and typically, it must be received into the broker’s trust account within three business days.
When buying a trawler, you’re going to have to learn to work within the framework of the current trawler transaction system.

Smarter steering means frequent, but only short, glances at the chartplotter.

In an emergency, a properly maintained, easy-to-launch life raft can make all the difference.

Why we chose to build our dream version of a Selene 60 from the keel up.

Exploring the Utrechtse Vecht on the redesigned Elling E4.

Two decades after their first circumnavigation, Don and Anja Richards are crossing oceans again to help their son, Keith, kickstart his own cruising dream.

We caught up to the liveaboards at their winter roost in Southwest Alaska to chat about following your dreams and living a life less ordinary.

The gig is more workaday than champagne and caviar, and sometimes the harbor patrol saves our bacon.

How I learned to love the solitude and adventure of cruising with my canine companions.

A veteran sailor brings celestial navigation skills to a motoryacht’s transatlantic passage.

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