PassageMaker

PassageMaker Magazine (PMM) is the market leader covering the boats, people, gear, and destinations for the trawler and cruising-under-power lifestyle. Over the years it has evolved to connect the marine industry to consumers through print, digital, online, and in-person brands (Trawler Fest, Trawler Fest University, and Trawler Port)

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Green is Good • Marlow Yachts expands its ready-for-anything Voyager line with the speedy, five-stateroom 90.

Beneteau Swift Trawler 54 • The latest model adds a full walkaround layout, a new hull design and an optional solar array.

Full Metal Jacket • The B60 from Bering Yachts promises the best attributes of a cruising cat in a hardy, aluminum, customizable package.

Into the Mist • Even the most experienced boater must acknowledge the risks that fog poses.

Dollars and Sense • The best way to protect a boat’s value is to keep it as clean as possible.

How to Survive a Plunge • In many parts of the country, the water right now is cold enough to be fatal. Here’s what to do if you fall in.

On the Level • Tank senders serve an invaluable role in tracking fuel, water and when to visit the pump-out barge.

TOOLS & TIME • Stewart Brand, creator of the Whole Earth Catalog, has spent decades living aboard and fixing up a 1912 tugboat.

GREEK GODDESS • The Omikron OT-60 is an elegant, Mediterranean island-hopper, and surprisingly more.

OLD WORLD IN THE NEW AGE • AFTER ACQUIRING HIS DREAM BOAT FOUR DECADES AGO IN DENMARK, THIS PACIFIC NORTH-WEST NATIVE TOOK HER HOME THE LONG WAY. HE’S BEEN DOING A REFIT EVER SINCE.

steel magnolia • OUTER REEF, AFTER MERGING WITH LYNX YACHTS IN THE NETHERLANDS, IS ALREADY IN PRODUCTION ON A STEEL-HULL ADVENTURE 780.

A Bang-Up Experience • No matter how fetching one’s fenders appear to be, they all seem to do a lousy job of protecting the boat.