Trawler Life

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

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

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.

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

When these Kadey-Krogen owners decided to refit their 48 for living aboard, the skipper had to adjust to the architect, and vice versa.

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.

The Grenadines are a paradise of islands with unique character and widely varied offerings for cruisers looking to expand their horizons.

Editor-in-chief Andrew Parkinson reflects on the remarkable modern age of passage making.

Trawlerfest Baltimore show-goers name the North Pacific 49 Euro as the 2021 "People's Choice."

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.

Many boaters haul out as soon after Labor Day as practical. But for the hearty and adventurous, the autumn cruising gamble can be rewarding.

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

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.

Insurance shouldn’t be an afterthought. It should be a top priority in any trawler purchase.

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

Trawlerfest Baltimore will feature an expanded seminar series September 29 to October 3, 2021.

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.