Cruising Lifestyle

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.

A father, a son, and a dream of zero-impact passage making culminates in a record-setting 1,400 mile voyage.

For empty nesters Bill and Joan Nieman, the next chapter—living aboard their 42-foot Kadey-Krogen—has allowed them to keep dreaming big.

Nordhavn 57 owners invited PM's Trawler Transactions columnist Jeff Merrill to crew with them on a "short" hop offshore between San Diego and Mexico.

Forget the 5 percent rule. You’ll give up many other things to pay the price, whatever it is. Love always finds a way.

By filming their liveaboard experiences, these YouTubers are introducing thousands of people to the cruising lifestyle.

Smart maintenance will ensure that nasty stenches can’t collect in the bilge.

There’s pleasure in any boating adventure, but for some, it’s better—and safer—to be able to get to your destination a little quicker.

Couples cruising can be fun, but it can be equally romantic just sitting by yourself at anchor under a full moon.

I hate to admit it, but I love being up to my ankles in barnacles and wood shavings, reeking of bottom paint, with fingernails that will take a week to clean.

Eight years in the making, a custom steel trawler far exceeds its owner’s needs.

Having completed the Great Loop in his Offshore 48, this classic trawler owner still lives aboard, cruising extensively up and down the east coast.

This go-to meal for a busy weeknight appears on our table at least a dozen times each summer.

An adventurous cruiser encounters the delights of Southeast Asia on a North Pacific 49 Pilothouse.

New wave-measuring technology shows how rogue waves reach up to 100-foot heights.

Good marinas make for easier boating. Great marinas are the stuff of fantastic cruising memories.

This classic trawler owner fell in love the first time she climbed aboard a Marine Trader 38—first with the captain, then with the boat itself.

While having a general plan for the Loop is always important, for us, the ability to be flexible along the way was key to making great memories.

When choosing crew and guests, think about more than who’s fun at the bar.