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
Sailing your home waters in summer is fun; sailing someone elses home waters is an adventure.Now, as you read this magazine, is the time to think about where youd like to spend your summer sailing vacation. Some mighty fine North American cruising grounds offer charteringthe way most of us get to sail outside our home watersonly in May through September or at least enjoy their finest
One of the pleasant aspects of chartering is the opportunity to give new and different boats and/or gear an extended test-sail. If youre a lifelong monohull sailor, you can give a catamaran a weeks workout to see if sailing on two hulls is a good fit for your future sailing plans; if you wonder how the very latest modern conveniences might enhance your lifestyle afloat, give them a try before
Charles Darwin wasnt impressed when in 1835 the Beagle arrived at her first landfall in the Galapagos Islands at San Cristbal (then Chatham Island), which was my starting point too. Nothing could be less inviting than the first appearance, he wrote. A broken field of black basaltic lava, thrown into the most rugged waves, and crossed by great fissures, is everywhere covered
A California sailor becomes the worlds first solo golden shellbackBy William YatesThe reefing line just parted, making a shot gun blast—BLAM!—as it went. This gets my attention. I don T-shirt, shorts, shoes, and harness, slip on the spreader lights, and climb the ladder to the cockpit. The big sail is flapping wildly. I ease the preventer and take in the main, then
Charter a boat, sail your own boat; stay near home or cross the country to sample the waters. Summer is a good time to do itTo every thing there is a season, said the writer of Ecclesiastes. If youre reading this, youre probably a sailor, and you dont need me to tell you that this statement should be needlepointed on a pillow in the saloon of every sailboat. Generally,
Charter a boat, sail your own boat; stay near home or cross the country to sample the waters. Summer is a good time to do itTo every thing there is a season, said the writer of Ecclesiastes. If youre reading this, youre probably a sailor, and you dont need me to tell you that this statement should be needlepointed on a pillow in the saloon of every sailboat. Generally,
Charter a boat, sail your own boat; stay near home or cross the country to sample the waters. Summer is a good time to do itTo every thing there is a season, said the writer of Ecclesiastes. If youre reading this, youre probably a sailor, and you dont need me to tell you that this statement should be needlepointed on a pillow in the saloon of every sailboat. Generally,
Charter a boat, sail your own boat; stay near home or cross the country to sample the waters. Summer is a good time to do itTo every thing there is a season, said the writer of Ecclesiastes. If youre reading this, youre probably a sailor, and you dont need me to tell you that this statement should be needlepointed on a pillow in the saloon of every sailboat. Generally,
Charter a boat, sail your own boat; stay near home or cross the country to sample the waters. Summer is a good time to do itTo every thing there is a season, said the writer of Ecclesiastes. If youre reading this, youre probably a sailor, and you dont need me to tell you that this statement should be needlepointed on a pillow in the saloon of every sailboat. Generally,
Donald Street Jr., the indefatigable sailor and writer whose charts and guides to the Caribbean quite literally opened the islands to charterers and cruisers, has
American sailor Taylor Canfield, 35, grew up in the U.S. Virgin Islands and has been competing as a professional match racer and fleet racer since
For more multihull reviews and stories, subscribe for free to Multihull Power & Sail When I showed up for the sea trial of the Seawind
I am sailing with Robin Lee Graham, but there is no wind. It’s a hot day in July and Montana’s Flathead Lake is glass. The
When we decided to add windvane steering coupled with a hydrogenerator to our sailboat, our focus was on the practical aspects: conserving battery power, adding
When I was growing up with SAIL magazine, Patience Wales was the editor. I was maybe 18 when I pitched my first story to her.
As the Croatian fuel dock attendant flung the dockline back at our boat, I let out a memorable string of salty language. The bow thruster
Daniel Hays, at age 63, is now almost 10 years older than his father David was when they sailed around Cape Horn together in a
Careful with the Cranking Running out of fuel or losing the engine by way of filters blocked with dirty diesel is bad enough, but ending
I lay in my suspended bunk and waited for the next wave to lift me up and slam me down onto the hard bench below.
