Remember to check handholds when buying a boat. The number and placement will be what keeps you safe underway. Here’s what you need to know.
Buying a Boat
Thinking of buying a cruising boat? Whether for weekends on the lake or a trip around the world, there's a lot to think about.
Here you'll find info on everything from where to start in the buying process to naming your boat and learning her systems.
Coast Guard Documentation, State Title, and State Registration for Boats
Title, registration, documentation: three words boaters mix up constantly. Here’s what each one actually means for your boat.
An Easy Maintenance Boat: What to Look For Before You Buy
Whether a boat is easy to maintain comes down to access. Most buyers don’t think to check until they own it. Here’s what to look for before you do.
Liveaboard Boat Insurance: Coverage for Full-Time Cruisers
Liveaboard boat insurance can be hard to find. Here’s what full-time cruisers need to know to actually get covered.
Steps to Buying a Cruising Boat
Boat shopping feels overwhelming until you break it into steps. Here’s the full process — what to do, in order, before you ever set foot on a boat.
Should You Sell Your House When You Go Cruising?
Sell the house or keep it? The usual factors still apply, but there’s a new one that surprises most cruisers: boat insurance.
How to Narrow the Sea of Boats for Sale
Drowning in sailboat listings? You can rule out most of them faster than you think, once you know which questions to ask first.
Catamaran vs. Monohull: A Real-World Comparison for Cruisers
Owned a monohull. Owned a cat. Here’s what nobody tells you about the real tradeoffs between the two.
🎧We Bought Another BCC!
When you love something, you buy a second one, right?
🎧Why Keep the Boat?
A standard question is asked and answered. In the most raw form yet.