Trawler Talk
Episodes
Exploring the World's Coastlines
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After fulfilling careers and raising a family in their native New Zealand, Mark and Fiona Rammell pivoted. They bought Hull No. 1 of Nordhavn's 51-foo...
A Weekend To Remember With Selene Yachts
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Selene Yachts customers and dealers gathered in Zhuhai, China for the grand opening of its new, 400,000-plus-square-foot shipyard. We caught up with...
Having Fortitude
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Suzanne and Steven Webster have spent six years exploring the Pacific Northwest aboard Fortitude, their Kadey-Krogen 54. Their origin story of finding...
On Sustainability: Supersede CEO Sean Petterson
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Supersede is replacing plywood-based building materials with an eco-friendly alternative that is waterproof, rot-proof and derived from 100 percent re...
Tropic Thunder
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Being prepared when boating in remote areas goes beyond your boat's sundries and spares. In the case of a true medical emergency, it can surpass the c...
Rinse and Repeat
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas and Johanna Baxter logged over 5,000 nautical miles in seven months on their Fleming 85, Freja, in SE Asia. But they were just getting starte...
Electric Dreams, Midnight Sun
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Tokarz of Motor City Boat Werks returns to Trawler Talk and fills us in on his 16-day summer voyage in Norway's Telemark region on an all-electric...
A Solo Great Loop Adventure
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Along with her dogs and a (very) occasional guest, Maria Langer crossed her wake after more than 8,000 nautical miles on the Great Loop aboard her Ran...
Hello, Pilgrim
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Longtime sailors Ed Muir and his wife, Cory, were looking to navigate to the next phase of their maritime life onboard a power cruiser and set their s...
Exploring The 71 Percent
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Longtime boaters Nathan and Lindsay had high-octane careers in motorsports before deciding to slow down. The couple have moved on from coastal cruisin...
A Good Doctor's Advice On At-Sea Medical Management
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by Power & Motoryacht Editor-in-Chief Daniel Harding Jr. to talk maritime medical emergency management with Dr. Robert Leviton, who tell...
Modest Boat, Grand Tour
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andre Lay and Cavendish are back on the brine! Lay returns to his SeaPiper 37 in southern Mexico to resume his slow-burn journey, with the goal of cir...
By All Means
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
These four intrepid women spent over two months on a North Pacific 28, cruising on the Inside Passage of British Columbia, inspired by the century-old...
Talking Gratitude
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Longtime boaters Alec and Laurie Thyrre first bought a trawler when son Jack was born and became enthralled with the safety, pace and ability to reach...
A Day On The Fleming 85
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Guest host Dan Harding, editor-in-chief of sister publication Power & Motoryacht, joins the new owners of the Fleming flagship—an 85-foot, enclosed ...
Becoming a Long-Range Power Cruiser
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After selling his tech startup, engineer James Waters and his wife nearly purchased a 63-foot trawler. But the jump was too big for insurers, so the W...
The Life Aquatic With Stephenie Hollyman
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Longtime liveaboard Stephenie Hollyman's life sounds like a fable. The seasoned captain and author was hooked early to the aquatic life, with stops as...
Summering In Alaska At 6 Knots
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Soundings Deputy Editor Pim Van Hemmen joined boatbuilder Sam Devlin on a summer cruise in Alaska aboard Puffin, Devlin's 1966 wooden trawler. Learn m...
Outer Reef Yachts Founder/CEO Jeff Druek
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Druek's professional life started in the commercial fishing industry which morphed into a successful career in custom homebuilding. When it came ...
Cannes Yachting Festival—What We Saw
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every September, the Côte d'Azur welcomes boatbuilders from around the world for the Cannes Yachting Festival. Trawler Talk host Jeff Moser is joined...
Pursuing Freedom On A Monk 36
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former naval officer Joe Lovejoy fell in love with the sea while stationed in coastal Japan. After completing his service, he figured that life as a l...
Getting Loopy with the Boomershines
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This couple, their two kids and two cats spent 15 months traveling the Great Loop, documenting it all on their YouTube channel. We speak with the intr...
Joe Tokarz of Motor City Boat Werks
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Tokarz has been restoring old boats as a way to unwind from his career as a federal agent. When he retired in 2022, he founded MotorCity Boat Werk...
The Best of Greater Lauderdale with Bob Arrington
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fort Lauderdale's first-class marinas, service yards, dining and nightlife—and its ideal location along the ICW and as a gateway to the Bahamas—ma...
Selene Yachts Founder Howard Chen
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We meet with Selene Yachts founder and CEO Howard Chen as the company celebrates its 25-year anniversary building long-range, full-displacement trawle...
All Things Trawlerfest
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Passagemaker's Trawlerfest is more than a boat show: it is where the builders, educators and community come together in an intimate, rendezvous atmosp...
The Ballad of Splinters
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Paulsons have spent the last few years blissfully exploring the Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America onboard their 1968 Grand Banks 42 Clas...
On The Electric Blue
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This couple had the boat of their dreams, a Marlow 62, built for them to take on the Great Loop—which they completed in 2023. And they're just getti...
The Refit of Passagemaker
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An intrepid couple who had undertaken a half-dozen refits bring Robert Beebe’s Passagemaker back from the brink. Learn more about your ad choices. V...
High-Latitude Cruising
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Longtime captain Nakomis Nelson shares the planning and preparation behind his bucket list, 4,200-nautical-mile trip from Holland to Maine via Iceland...
Zimmerman Marine founder Steve Zimmerman
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For over four decades, Steve Zimmerman has run his eponymously named repair and service centers along the U.S. East Coast. Zimmerman tells us about hi...
Small Trawler, Big Ambition
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This seasoned waterman took delivery of his SeaPiper 35 and has started a journey that, when completed, will see his compact trawler circumnavigate No...
Loop Dreams
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A few years ago, April and Rio DeGennaro had never heard of the Great Loop. But once they did, they never looked back. They attended several AGLCA eve...
What Is a Passagemaker?
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We agree on what defines a recreational trawler, but what about a passagemaker? Are they one in the same? Host Jeff Moser and longtime marine journali...
Great Loop Insider Tips
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with the director of America's Great Loop Cruisers' Association about this uniquely American adventure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
Fishing From a Trawler
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cruising at displacement speeds? Why not troll for fish as well! Our guest, Anglers Journal editor-in-chief Charlie Levine, fills us in on the gear an...
For Love and Adventure
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After extensive cruises on U.S. waterways, Robert and Graciela Gannon shipped their Ranger Tugs R-31 to Holland for a multi-year journey throughout Eu...
Beyond the Great Loop
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
These Loop veterans cruised north on their powercat to explore Canada’s lakes and historic canals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...
Lucky Ducks
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Josh and Sophia Johnson found a Diesel Duck 462 in Hawaii and spent over a year traveling from their home in Arizona to get her ready for a 2,500 nau...
Navigation Tips with Chris Caswell
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
These fundamental, yet off the beaten path, navigation tips may help get you home when things go bad, or your electronics go out. Learn more about y...
Spring Awakening
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Take these steps to ensure a trouble-free launch at the start of your boating season, or after having some work done on your vessel. This episode is s...
Cape of Storms
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Editor-in-chief Jeff Moser is joined by Power & Motoryacht’s Chris Dixon to discuss their journey to South Africa to visit Robertson and Caine, buil...
Boatbuilder Sam Devlin
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Calling himself a designing boatbuilder, Sam Devlin has run Devlin Designing Boat Builders since 1978. An active proponent of wood/epoxy boats through...
A Conversation with Tony Fleming
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Fleming got into boatbuilding by chance and spent a quarter-century with American Marine, which would become Grand Banks Yachts. At age 50, Flemi...
Wanderlusts on the Loop
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Johnson and Elliot Schoenfeld returned to the States after their around-the-world trip was cut short by Covid. But they wanted to keep moving...
Your Mid-Season Boating Maintenance Checklist
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Addressing a maintenance checklist during the heart of the boating season will help to ensure trouble-free cruising. It’s a good time to get everyth...
A Great Loop Adventure
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, boating newbies Kate and Tim Carney knew it was time to buy their first vessel and take on the 6,000-mile Great Loop. ...
Onboard Urgent Care
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Slipped on the deck and hit your head? Cut your hand on something in the engine room? Have a chronic heart or body condition? Whether you are coastal ...
Cruising with Dogs
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For many of us, our boats are a floating home for large portions of the year, to be shared with family—and that includes dogs. For the uninitiated, ...
Nordhavn Co-Founder Jim Leishman
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Leishman first built sailboats before launching Nordhavn and shifting to long-range, full-displacement trawlers. Over the last three-plus decades,...
A Life at Sea
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How does one become a professional delivery captain? Passagemaker editor-in-chief Jeff Moser is joined by Power & Motoryacht honcho Dan Harding and ...
How to Stay Connected While Cruising
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Want to take a Zoom meeting from the flybridge? Have a need to stream the NFL while on the hook? There are a few ways to gain access to the internet w...
From Landlubbers to Liveaboards
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Seventeen years ago, our guest Pat Schulte, and his wife, sold the farm to circumnavigate the globe—an unlikely chapter in their lives, considering ...
Top 10 Components of the "Perfect" Great Loop Boat
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, veteran cruiser Chris Caswell identifies the essential components you should be considering when shopping for the "perfect" Great Loo...
Docking Made Easy: Strategy, Tools & Techniques
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Contrary to common belief, the degree of difficulty in docking does not necessarily increase with the size of the boat. In reality, handling a larger ...
Liveaboard Reality: Rising Stars of the Small Screen
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the YouTube Liveaboard Revolution, where tech-savvy cruisers are using social media to reach hundreds of thousands of followers, foregoing ...
Trawler Transactions: Buying & Selling Tips from the Pros
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last decade, we’ve been witness to a variable brokerage market fluctuating between buyers and sellers. Today, many brokerage experts see th...
Trawler Life (Part 2) w/Bruce & Dorsey Beard
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is it like to spend extended time aboard a trawler? What do you eat, where do you go, how are the decisions made? Who maintains the boat? Who nav...
Trawler Life (Part 1)
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The trawler. It’s more than a boat. It’s a lifestyle adopted by the adventurous-at-heart who enjoy long-term cruising. From Great Loopers and coas...
Family Ties: Long-Range Cruising with Kids
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Brooke and Braden Palmer, who, along with their daughter Rooney (7), son Penn (5), and the two family dogs, have been living aboard their Nordhav...
Talkin' Great Loop with Kim Russo
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fascinated with the Great Loop and wondering how you can make it happen? AGLCA Executive Director Kim Russo joins us to help answer some questions abo...
Eyes On The Skies with Chris Parker
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Weather expert Chris Parker touches on some key facts about marine weather you should know but probably don’t, the best weather apps and how to use ...
Electronics Overload? Here's What You Really Need
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The tech corner of the yachting industry has taken substantial leaps forward of late. Keeping up with it all, much less trying to understand it, can b...
Welcome to Trawler Talk. Now, What's a Trawler?
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Trawler Talk! So what exactly is a trawler anyway? And what happened to the traditional trawler? Modern iterations of long-range cruisers a...