Nautical history enthusiasts converged on Long Beach’s waterfront this weekend to delight in the rare opportunity to tour the ...

The Western Flyer is best known for its 1940 Sea of Cortez expedition with author John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed ...

The sardine boat built in 1937 was at the center of Steinbeck’s 1951 nonfiction book “The Log From the Sea of Cortez.” ...

Long Beach recently got a visit from a historic boat — the Western Flyer. Nautical history enthusiasts ... Sea of Cortez expedition with author John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed Ricketts ...

The Western Flyer, a fishing vessel made famous by John Steinbeck's book "The Sea of Cortez," is returning to the Gulf of California after 85 years. The renovated vessel will retrace Steinbeck's ...

On Sunday, the newly restored Western Flyer fishing boat will retrace its historic route, for the first time since 1940.

The Western Flyer, which found a home in Moss Landing on Monterey Bay following its major renovation, is sailing for the Gulf ...

The Western Flyer awaits its return to the Gulf of California, 85 years after Ed Ricketts, along with John Steinbeck, Steinbeck's wife Carol and a crew consisting of Captain Tony Berry ...