The first phase of restoring the Western Flyer fishing boat is nearing completion in Port Townsend, Washington, and its return to Monterey is tentatively set for next fall. The 76-foot purse seiner ...

The first phase of restoring the Western Flyer fishing boat is nearing completion in Port Townsend, Washington, and its return to Monterey is tentatively set for next fall. The 76-foot purse seiner ...

PORT TOWNSEND — After 18 months of inactivity, rehabilitation of a derelict boat once used by author John Steinbeck has resumed. The work on the Western Flyer at the Port of Port Townsend Boat Haven ...

The original captain’s desk sits in the wheelhouse, where legendary author John Steinbeck may have jotted notes for his Log from the Sea of Cortez. A guy wire like the one he wrote would “sing under ...

MONTEREY — Eighty-five years ago, to the week, the Western Flyer set sail for the Gulf of California. Amongst the crew were renowned author John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed Ricketts, taking on ...

Somewhere in the Western Flyer there is a spirit, said Chris Chase, project director for the Western Flyer Foundation, the nonprofit group restoring the fishing boat that carried Ed Ricketts and John ...

After years of drama surrounding the Western Flyer, a 72-foot purse seiner that sailed to Mexico with author John Steinbeck and biologist Ed Ricketts aboard, resulting in the publishing of "The Log ...

Geologist and Californian businessman John Gregg bought a boat this year for $1 million, even though he says the vessel "is arguably worth nothing," reports Kirk Johnson for The New York Times. But ...

Few boats have achieved the fame of the Western Flyer. In 1940, John Steinbeck chartered it for a cruise in the Sea of Cortez. Joined by his good friend, the legendary marine biologist Ed Ricketts, ...