The name “Western Flyer” was the name of a boat that author John Steinbeck chartered in 1940 to get out of town after “The ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the historic vessels on display was the Western Flyer, used in 1940 by author John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the Western Flyer, a boat made famous by the legendary author in his 1951 travelogue "The Log from the Sea of the Cortez," will briefly anchor in Long Beach on the first Saturday of spring.

The Western Flyer, the same fishing vessel that novelist John Steinbeck chartered to the Sea of Cortez, is restored and used as part of a three-week course for Stanford’s Sophomore College program.

The Western Flyer, a state-of-the-art purse seiner when it was built in 1937, was chartered by John Steinbeck and his marine biologist friend, Ed "Doc" Ricketts, for a six-week expedition that ...

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 ...