Getting Off When You Go Aground
July 16, 2012
Techniques to try before you call Sea Tow When you go aground, usually the safest course of action is to get professional help, unless it’s
Techniques to try before you call Sea Tow When you go aground, usually the safest course of action is to get professional help, unless it’s
The other day my wife, Maria, and I hosted new friends at our home for lunch. They noticed a picture of Maria Elena, our Nordhavn 40 trawler. They were intrigued to learn that we had recently lived aboard (part time) for five years and that we both missed the lifestyle. Their initial response was typical of many people who learn about our out of the norm living accommodations.
How much? I asked incredulously. It was fitting-out time, my boat was hauled for bottom paint, and Id asked a little sail loft near the
As I sit in my office quietly contemplating a series of exchanges between a client and the owner of the shop that recently completed a
Almost everyone agrees that protecting a boat from winter weather is a good idea. Drive by any boatyard during the winter season and you will
When my boat was delivered to its first owner way back in 1979, it was almost up to date electrically. There were two issues, however:
As the sun moves south, many of us begin to think about the on-rushing boat show season. Even if we’re not buying -and the purpose
Inside Passage boaters who follow Fraser Reach on their way north to Southeast Alaska know the sad story of Butedale continues. The picturesque old British
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.
