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 Western Flyer Foundation debuts a new informational video about the Western Flyer boat, narrated by actor and comedian Nick Offerman. Directed by SoulCraft Allstars, the film features the history ...

The Maritime Museum of San Diego is set to host a visit from the restored Western Flyer, the same fishing vessel John Steinbeck used for his 1940 Sea of Cortez expedition. Visitors will have the rare ...

Aboard the same fishing vessel Steinbeck used for his 1940 Sea of Cortez expedition, undergraduates studied science and literature while gaining a deeper appreciation for the ocean. The Western Flyer, ...

MONTEREY — It’s been 83 years since the famous duo of John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts took an expedition from Monterey to the Gulf of California that resulted in the book “The Log from the Sea of ...

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 ...

A LEGEND OF THE WAVES: When the Western Flyer, a fishing boat that appeared in John Steinbeck's 1951 book "The Log from the Sea of Cortez," sailed into Monterey Bay following an incredible restoration ...

Originally built in 1937 in Tacoma, Washington, the Western Flyer was a state-of-the-art sardine seiner that became a symbol of American literature and environmental awareness after Steinbeck and ...

About 350 people visited the Western Flyer, the most famous fishing boat in the world, at Santa Barbara Harbor on Wednesday, on one of its stops on the way to the Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf ...

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 ...