Boat Reviews

Why Trawler Galley Design Matters on Long Passages Forty-eight hours motoring to Nova Scotia last spring with three crew members — that’s when everything fell...

Signs Your Trawler AC is Failing Before Total Breakdown I spent three weeks last summer on the Great Loop with a dying air conditioner, too...

Why Stabilizers Matter on Long Passages Six weeks aboard a 42-foot Grand Banks — first the Chesapeake, then the Gulf of Mexico — taught me...

Why Trawler Holding Tanks Fail on Long Passages Holding tank failures on extended cruises aren’t random — they’re predictable consequences of how we actually live...

Why Winterization Matters for Cruising Diesels Winterizing a trawler diesel engine properly—honestly, it sounds like something you knock out one weekend. It’s not. Get it...

Freshwater vs Saltwater Cooling Systems for Trawlers — Which Works for Your Passage? The Great Loop or cruising from the ICW to the Bahamas has...

Why Standard Generator Sizing Rules Fall Apart at Sea The “one kilowatt per ten feet of boat length” rule haunted me for three years. I...

The Three Failure Points Every Trawler Owner Misses Engine room flooding doesn’t announce itself with dramatic fanfare—I’ve spent the last six years living aboard and...

Grand Banks 42 Long Range Trawler: A Full Owner Review Trawler research has grown more complex with the conflicting owner opinions and manufacturer spin flying...

Why Fuel Planning on the Loop Is Different Fuel planning for the Great Loop has shifted noticeably with all the bad advice flying around —...