Blogs
Immutable Axioms
There is little we can be certain about when boating. Except for these things.
A Need for Speed
Editor-in-chief Andrew Parkinson reflects on the remarkable modern age of passage making.
How Four Digits Brought Me Back to My Cruising Roots
797.1 is a wonderful place full of fantastic boats and mariners—and enough inspiration to last a lifetime.
Refit Reality
There comes a time in every older trawler’s life when her owner is consumed by the desire to spit on his palms, hoist the black flag and consider a major refit.
Gratification Aplenty Close To Shore
Coastal cruising has generated some of my most enduring memories and all the challenges I’ll ever need.
Getaway Tinkering
Like good books, some DIY projects make a weekend aboard the boat even better.
The Cruising Spirit
Ready to get back to cruising? In a roundabout way, the lessons of 2020 prepared us for the uncharted waters of 2021.
There Will Be Blood
For "A Dash of Salt" columnist Chris Caswell, DIY boat projects conjure memories of doctoring by hook, by crook or by duct tape.
DIY and the IKEA Effect
There’s no greater satisfaction in a boat owner’s life than the act of pouring blood and sweat into a project worth doing.
The Bright Side
For all of our sacrifices this year for the greater good, from the maelstrom came a few important lessons for us mariners.
The Show Goes On
The fall boat show season is always a sleigh ride, but this year is a whole new game.
Change in Latitude, Change in Attitude
I’m looking forward to my next cheeseburger in paradise, and I hope you are too.
Brave New World
In the midst of a pandemic, I've been planning my next waterborne endeavors. Haven't you?
Treasures, Past and Future
Will our own cruising rituals of today at all resemble our children’s nautical endeavors of tomorrow?
Anything Goes
Pondering the modern definition of passagemaking and what the future might hold.
A Lesson on Being Prepared
Never underestimate the little things that can turn south in a hurry on the water.
USA Welcomes Bahamian Dogs; Her Refugee Humans? Not So Much
'Potcakes' Win the Dorian Sympathy Sweeps
TV Gets Trawler Murder Half Right
PM contributing editor and 'Loose Cannon' columnist Peter Swanson fills in the blanks from the recent Dark Waters TV documentary 'Burned.'