The Dog Who Wouldn’t
Devising a safe, easy way to get our dog on shore from an anchorage required some innovation.
Devising a safe, easy way to get our dog on shore from an anchorage required some innovation.
A set layout is paired with an impressive list of standard equipment on a proven hull design.
Once a rescue craft, this Norway-built steel trawler is the ticket to ride for a venturesome crew.
Island time is great, except in an emergency. This medevac service is for boaters who need help fast.
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.
Before you go to sea, know how to access telehealth services, acquire medication refills and get medical care.
Planning for loss of steering and engine control requires familiarity, not new equipment.
Let’s bring back these nautical words and terms. They’re better than the way we communicate today.
The three-stateroom, semidisplacement model has a range of power options and a low air draft.
The steel-hull Nightfall, designed by William Garden, connects generations of this family through a love of cruising.
This imposing 55-footer is a comfortable, well-appointed coastal cruiser primed to take on more ambitious journeys.
With the N46 Mark II, Nordhavn reimagines the first model the brand’s founders ever designed entirely on their own.
The three-stateroom model replaces the 58 with a host of interior and exterior upgrades.
For Victoria Sass and her husband, a 1983 Viking 44 Motor Yacht was the perfect compromise.
Circa Marine’s new 24m sleek, efficient, all-aluminum adventure vessel has a low carbon footprint and all-weather capability.
This aluminum vessel’s throwback design belies its modern systems, all installed for a Great Loop cruise.
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.
It is called a razor because it shaves away unnecessary complexities, providing a simple solution to complicated questions.
To sell your boat in a buyer’s market, be honest and consider working with a professional broker.
How one liveaboard crew found comfort and confidence by choosing paravanes over high-tech stabilization systems.
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.
With her vertical bow, reverse raked windshield and indoor-outdoor living space, the Galeon 430 EXP defies categorization.
After navigating the Pacific coasts of the United States and Mexico and wintering in the Sea of Cortez, Jeff and Kami Fehr rang in 2026 by transiting the Panama Canal aboard their meticulously refit Selene 59, Dock Holiday.
Oftentimes, we go overboard when trying to please everyone.
After a Mediterranean wring-out, a small crew embarked on a bucket-list journey to Greenland onboard a custom, 78-foot aluminum yacht.
The top premieres from the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show 2025,
Too many boat owners are doing checklist tourism. This way of exploring is a better experience.
Once deemed too small for commercial fishing, the trawler San Gottardo sets an Arctic course with a climate change charity.
Setting expectations and communicating clearly can make time on the hard shorter and more fruitful.
These 10 decrees will keep pretty much any boater safe out on the water.
Why this seasoned captain favors full-displacement boats over fast trawlers.
Before any extended trip, follow these guidelines to prepare the captain and crew for medical emergencies.
Few boat accessories reveal past maintenance failures more than clear vinyl enclosures.
Two decades after their first circumnavigation, Don and Anja Richards are crossing oceans again to help their son, Keith, kickstart his own cruising dream.
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.
