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 ...

Long Beach residents will have the rare opportunity to tour an iconic, historic boat — the Western Flyer — this weekend. The Western Flyer is best known for its 1940 Sea of Cortez expedition with ...

It’s been 75 years since the Western Flyer made Monterey her home port. But that will change Nov. 4 when the immaculately restored vessel sails into the harbor to become a floating scientific ...

ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER JOYCE KIM GOT A TOUR OF THE BOAT AND HAS MORE ON ITS NEXT JOURNEY. THIS IS THE WESTERN FLYER. IT SET SAIL FOR THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA 85 YEARS AGO... FROM OLD FISHERMAN'S WHARF.

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 ...

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 ...

PORT TOWNSEND — The Western Flyer left for Seattle after seven years of intense restoration and rebuilding in Port Townsend, but she will make a detour on the way to her final destination for one last ...

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 ...

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, ...