Making a Dyneema Soft Shackle Cleat for the Boat
July 15, 2015
As with many older boats, our project Norlin 34 has no cleats amidships for spring lines. I’ve often felt the lack of them when coming
As with many older boats, our project Norlin 34 has no cleats amidships for spring lines. I’ve often felt the lack of them when coming
Milwaukee, WI – Longtime sailing industry professional, William Mosher, unexpectedly passed away July 3rd due to complications from sleep apnea. A passionate boater, Bill became
Foiling is now such a part of the sailing culture it’s hard to believe it has been less than three years since Team New Zealand
If you think sailing rallies are for people of a certain “type,” think again. After mingling with a dozen of this year’s World ARC participants,
It was our first time sailing any distance in the dark. We were taking Renegade, our 37ft Hunter Legend, to Shilshole Bay Marina in Seattle,
We set off before lunch to cross Chesapeake Bay from our home base in Heathsville, Virginia, where the Potomac River merges with the bay. Point
Sailor and resercher Matt Rutherford and Nicole Trenholm, a former NOAA scientist, and his business partner plan to keep the Ocean Research Project on track with the help of a board of directors and some high-profile advisers (including Gary Jobson, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and newly retired Senator Tom Harkin).
Paradise lies just west of ICW mile marker 173 on the Neuse River in North Carolina, about a mile up Broad Creek. It’s not hard to find, but you do have to look for it. Once you get there, you’ll agree. River Dunes is paradise.
Let’s not kid ourselves—the ICW transit can be a long, lonely and sometimes daunting slog. Commercial traffic, strong currents, shifting shoal spots and lifting bridges—help!
Becuase of our limited experience, we decided our first Atlantic crossing should be the “milk run,” from east to west. Our plan was to sail up the East Coast, spend a summer on the Chesapeake, ship the boat to the Mediterranean, cruise Greece and the rest of the Med for two summers and bring the boat back to where we started—the BVI—via the ARC
The old saw that the happiest day in a sailor’s life is the one on which they sell their boat is funny, of course, because
Early Saturday morning, race organizers announced that the start of the Route du Rhum would be postponed due to hazardous conditions forecasted for the race’s
If you follow the pros, you’ve probably seen the Route du Rhum on many sailing CVs, but what is this event and what can we
I had just picked up a mooring in the Amelia River off Fernandina Beach, Florida, this past March when I saw an unusual vessel approaching
At the request of the Newport Bermuda Race, US Sailing has conducted an investigation into the fatal crew-overboard incident during this summer’s race. Last week,
It happened as we were nearing the entrance buoys of the Ala Wai Boat Harbor after 16 days and 2,500 miles on delivery from San
From sailors to kayakers to swimmers, there’s one thing everyone who spends time on the ocean has in common: a stake in protecting it. For
Our anchoring adventure took place a few years ago as my family and I were nearing the end of a weeklong bareboat charter along the
Today marks the beginning of Spindrift’s standby window for an attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy: the record for the fastest global circumnavigation. The current
