If you think a Caribbean charter is all about the perfect reach, you might be missing the boat. Theres plenty of fun to be had on shore, so jump ship and find it. Sure, youll have a good time at the hangouts catering to sailors and pirates, but for a true taste of island life, take a hike. Stroll to a back street, walk the beach, or climb a hill to find that little store full of nothing or a
I like Jimi Hendrix, but enough is enough. As the final chords of All Along the Watchtower pierced the night air and vanished into the mangroves, I waved goodnight to the rest of the crew and went below. That started an exodus. Ten minutes later the bay was as completely, spookily silent as it had been that afternoon before we steamed in, dropped anchor, popped open some cold ones, fired up the
I heard various comments about Peru from other sailors as I cruised South America, usually to the effect of Dont even go near the coast. Stay at least fifty miles off. These rumors undoubtedly date back to the 1980s heyday of Perus dictatorships and the Shining Path guerillas; Peru is now in fact a pretty tame place. Moreover, it has 1,500 miles of coastline, several key New World
I heard various comments about Peru from other sailors as I cruised South America, usually to the effect of Dont even go near the coast. Stay at least fifty miles off. These rumors undoubtedly date back to the 1980s heyday of Perus dictatorships and the Shining Path guerillas; Peru is now in fact a pretty tame place. Moreover, it has 1,500 miles of coastline, several key New World
I heard various comments about Peru from other sailors as I cruised South America, usually to the effect of Dont even go near the coast. Stay at least fifty miles off. These rumors undoubtedly date back to the 1980s heyday of Perus dictatorships and the Shining Path guerillas; Peru is now in fact a pretty tame place. Moreover, it has 1,500 miles of coastline, several key New World
Lodged in my nautical psyche I find indelible images of rafts: a boy and a runaway slave standing proud before a canvas tent aboard a makeshift pontoon of pine planks floating down the muddy Mississippi; a sun-bronzed Viking in a loincloth steering a lashed-up slab of balsa logs across the electric-blue Pacific with a massive oar. Having always wanted to be that boy and that Viking, how could
Echoes of a long-ago family charter reverberate in a Florida charter with grandchildren. Maybe it’s genetic. It was a long time ago—in our family’s history and in the history of chartering boats—when my husband, George, feeling in immediate need of a vacation one August, chartered the only boat available in the state of Maine. It was our first time
Its been a while since I sailed out of St. Vincentthe mainland to the eight inhabited (three by resorts) islands of the Grenadines, plus the Tobago Caysso I was happy to be invited on a press trip there, especially one that included two days of sailing. Its probably the most popular charter area after the Virgin Islands, and with good reason: the sailing is superb, though more
Just as we were about to ease into a quiet evening at anchor in Presque Isle Bay, on the south side of Wisconsins Stockton Island, the crowd rushed in. The procession of cruising sailboats resembled a busy airport with planes lined up miles to leeward of the main runway. We watched as the cruisers came from all over the Apostle Islands and dropped into formation, motoring one by one into the
An early-season week in British Columbia desolation sound proves that you can still get away from it all.It wasnt until our third day of cruising Desolation Sound that we began to feel, well, desolate. Wed overnighted in two anchorages that were almost empty by East Coast standards, but full by British Columbia measuresi.e., we still had other boats within earshot. The
In Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, sailing, maritime history, and community are uniquely connected.
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Restoring a Thames sailing barge is about far more than preserving maritime history.
What happens when you put a young racing rockstar and a lifelong cruising legend on stage together—and then throw a bunch of questions at them?
Cruising advice and tips from Tom Cunliffe
Starlink is becoming ubiquitous on sailboats,making instant connectivity everywhere a reality. That’s a good thing, right?
This is the column where I hopelessly date myself, and it came to me in the weirdest place—the short passage just beyond the bar at
With one of yacht racing’s most extreme events kicking off this weekend, masses have already begun to gather in Les Sables-d’Olonne, France, to witness the
The November/December issue of SAIL is here, and we’re closing out the year with stories to fire your imagination, expand your knowledge, and broaden your
November marks the start of the quadrennial Vendée Globe. Here are a few campaigns to keep an eye on.
