ASK SAIL’S EXPERTS By Amy UllrichA reader wonders”I have been trying to find either a crewed or bareboat charter in Hawaii and have been unable to find a charter of the type I’ve experienced in the Caribbean. Does Hawaii prohibit or limit sailing charters?”It isn’t the political entity of Hawaii that limits sailing charters and discourages
An online match-making service for boatowners interested in boat swapping, launched earlier this year at www.seemysea.com, is now claiming members from many corners of the world. The premise: To allow busy boatowners to travel in far-away spots without piling the cost of chartering on top of the cost of already owning a boat at home. A one-year
ASK SAIL’S EXPERTS[Q:] I am going to be in Athens, Greece, on business and have reserved five days for a charter. What do you suggest?[A:] The best way to make use of the available time is to start and end your charter close to Athens; this means cruising to the islands of the Saronic GulfAegina, Poros (the famous theater at Epidavros is nearby), Hydra, and
Think you’re the next great sailing writer? If so, we’d like to read your best coastal (or inland lake) cruising story. Please e-mail it as a Word document to sailmail@sailmagazine.com. Don’t forget to include your full name, hometown and state, and daytime phone number. Please write: “Cruising North
Heading Down IslandIts 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
Shopping ListIf you’re in the thinking-about stage of planning a charter vacation, you’re probably in the process of collecting information about the cruising ground(s) on your must-do-sometime list. How do you find out about the weather, the sailing conditions, the best itineraries? Tourist guides won’t be much help, and your local library probably doesn’t stock cruising guides.
Charter News from AnnapolisThe annual Annapolis, Maryland, sailboat show is one of the industrys great schmoozing grounds, so its a good place to pick up the latest chartering information. It looked like a busy show for the charter companies; I saw people waiting in line to discuss boat purchases and charter bookings.With the large amount of new development or expansion
Charting a CharterIf youve done any sailing outside your home waters, you already know how invaluable a cruising guide can be. I suppose its possible to tough it out with just the chart and the chart checkout, but at the very least this means youd be reinventing the wheel when it comes to choosing an anchorage, figuring out what time you should arrive there, finding groceries, and
New Digs for The Moorings in TortolaThe Moorings is building a new charter village at the southern end of its Tortola, BVI, base at Wickhams Cay II Marina in Road Town. Construction began last summer on the $10 million-plus expansion, which includes such amenities as a customer reception and lounge area, boutiques, a restaurant and bar, a spa and bathhouse, a conference facility, a
We get our first glimpse of delights to come as our plane makes a wide circle on its approach to Tortolas Beef Island airport. Spread out below us are turquoise seas and a flotilla of boats sailing up and down the Sir Francis Drake Channel. We land, and the warm tropical breezes of February greet us as we walk across the tarmac. Clearly, nothing important has changed in the British Virgin
The 2023 Caribbean Multihull Challenge (CMC) introduced an unusual element to its three-day Sint Maarten-based schedule of racing: a rally. Race organizers found that the
SAIL Editor-in-Chief Wendy Mitman Clarke is at the Miami International Boat Show this week checking out the industry’s latest and greatest. If you can’t be
SAIL magazine took home 11 awards at the annual Boating Writers International (BWI) writing contest, winning first place in five of the 16 categories for
At 0230 UTC on February 11, Ronnie Simpson’s Shipyard Brewing dismasted in the South Atlantic. The boat, which was one of the remaining 12 entrants
The March issue of SAIL magazine is on newsstands now! Here’s a quick look at just some of the great stories you’ll find to keep
Prepping for Landing It’s easy to imagine that all neat berthing maneuvers result from smart boathandling. It’s a sorry business if the person at the
I discovered sailing on the south coast of Cape Cod, where the breeze is a reliable 15-22 knots out of the southwest like clockwork every
A week as crew aboard the Pride of Baltimore II fulfills a lifelong dream—with adventure added.
As the Caribbean Multihull Challenge (CMC) kicks off a sixth year, race organizers have a one-word mission statement: soul. “At the beginning, we wanted to
By Mensun BoundMariner Books (2022) Confession: I am a polar exploration nut. Whole hectares of my bookshelves are dedicated to the genre, past and present.
