Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Western Flyer awaits its return to the Gulf of California, 85 years after Ed Ricketts, along with John Steinbeck, Steinbeck's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 — Hundreds made their way to Old Fisherman’s Wharf on Sunday to send off the Western Flyer, the refurbished boat known for its 1940 expedition with John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts, as a new ...

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) will host the historic Western Flyer at the Santa Barbara Harbor the week of March 17. The legendary vessel, made famous by John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts’ ...

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 ...

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 ...