
Vancouver Boat Show Best In Show Awards
Hometown heros and industry giants all took home awards for their products.

Hometown heros and industry giants all took home awards for their products.

Last month Aspen Powercat Founder, Larry Graf, accepted a challenge issued by Pacific Yachting to circumnavigate Vancouver Island, non-stop. Relive those moments with Larry’s person account of the voyage.
The year was 1995, and the out-of-the box 38-foot Eastbay by Grand Banks was blasting through winter fog on Seattle’s Lake Washington. There were two people aboard-a failing boat broker
Those who say their boats don’t roll are liars…or they never leave the marina. Rolling is a fact of cruising life, especially on offshore passages.
I thought we were flying. The bottom of the boat was firmly and properly in contact with the sea, but as I swung the wheel

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.

Bearings From The Editor’s Desk