Cruising Lifestyle

Researchers have built entire careers “discovering” stuff that we boaters already know.

British sculptor Glyn Foulkes keeps the art of crafting vessel figureheads alive.

A couple cruising the Great Loop on their 34-foot power catamaran has learned, once again, why they prefer the cat to a monohull.

Robert Beebe inspired legions of long-distance cruisers, and continues to do so today.

Our Duffy 37 needed more storage. Here's how we solved that problem and more.

Since deciding on a used Fleming 55, this couple are realizing their passagemaking aspirations while cruising the Australian coast.

History credits Jack Von Ost with the advent of BVI charter. But there was another man before him. His name is Paul Gouin—and we sat down with him for an unexpected history lesson.

The average trawler owner keeps his boat for around three years. Why not share the cost and work?

The pandemic still poses some travel challenges, but now may be the best time in years to charter in the islands.

Ernie was the ultimate DIY boat owner. Until this one time...

There are few folks like Sam Devlin—artist, perfectionist, and dreamer caught in the profession of boatbuilding.

Only those skippers with a taste for misfortune fail to follow boating’s superstitions.

Buddy boating can be a great experience, as long as everyone understands its limitations.

That is the question, and it vexes all trawler lovers—especially at boat-show time.

Today’s technology means we’re losing necessary skills that we no longer use.

Shifting weather patterns allow for more (and sometimes challenging) autumn adventures on Lake Superior.

This dish, plus some Jimmy Buffett, takes to my own personal Shangri-la every time.

When "fate" made an 86-year-old boat available to the Saiget family, they suddenly found themselves caretakers of a legacy.

Think ice is a Stone Age method of keeping food cold? Maybe you need to install some extra refrigeration. But first, read this.

Any whitefish will do, but Alaskan halibut gives this dish a special quality.

Once-landlocked Midwesterner Pat Schulte shares his amazing story of becoming a liveaboard on his Grand Banks 42, Bumfuzzle.

National Harbormaster Appreciation Day is coming soon, but most people don’t realize everything that harbormasters do.

797.1 is a wonderful place full of fantastic boats and mariners—and enough inspiration to last a lifetime.