The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association now runs a message board of updated information regarding the waterway. We have a link at the bottom of this story. Meanwhile, we have more good news …Are you a racer? A cruiser? Doesn’t matter. If you transit the Eastern seaboard, you probably use the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, and the food news is that the great letter-writing
In the July issue of SAIL we published Jim Hancock’s Scope for Improvement?” in which the author argues that the traditional anchoring rules of thumb may need revision. More scope is almost always better, unless you don’t have the room to swing, or the bottom is foul.There’s more to know, however, and this is where Hancock lays out the facts surrounding the catenary curve, as we
Bill Springer discussed the difference between towing and salvage in the July 2003 SAIL. For more information log on to the following sites.SeatowMembership provides:24-hour/7 day-a-week dispatch, Unlimited service area towing, Soft ungrounding assistance, Fuel drops, Jump starts, Prop disentanglements, Reimbursed world-wide/out of service area coverage, Optional trailer assistance.
This is now: SAIL contributing editor Ben Ellison, after a pilgrimage to the government’s Tropical Prediction Center on the campus of Florida State University, some 12 miles west of downtown Miami, says: “Without doubt the most thorough and timely hurricane information is on the World Wide Web. The Web is also a terrific place to pursue background studies and collect resources for those
There are courses to help racers move up in the standings, courses that teach the skills needed for chartering or overnight passages, and even courses where students learn celestial navigation and passagemaking while sailing offshore with an instructor.Most sailing schools are affiliated with an umbrella organization that issues certification. The web sites of these umbrella groups have
In the early 20th century, R-boat racing attracted the brightest and the best. R’s were large enough to be yachts and small enough to be toys. One of the most historic of the lot, Pirate, R11, is being restored in Seattle at the lively Center for Wooden Boats. Pirate was the first West Coast boat to campaign on the East Coast—she won the 1929 nationals at
By Amy Ullrich “With this big boat and only three persons, you must be a very happy man. And two women!” Bumboat driver Yes, Arthur Beiser is a very happy man. One of the two women is Germaine, his wife of many years; the boat, Ardent Spirit, a 58-foot sloop designed by Bill Dixon and built in 1988 by Moody, is the most recent of a series of four sizable
Plans by Mexico’s tourism agency to develop a string of marinas along both coasts of the wild Baja Peninsula and the mainland opposite have apparently been scaled back in response to protests from environmentalists on both sides of the border. Actual plans are a moving target, but the starting point was an ambitious “nautical ladder,” the Excalera Nautica, of 12 upgraded and 10 large new ports to
For the past couple of decades, the digital side of sailing has become increasingly important, to the point where it’s now almost inconceivable going offshore,
With less than 1,700 miles to go to the finish in Les Sables d’Olonne, France, second-place Mark Slats of the Netherlands has cut another 393
Even more than a year and half later, the scars from Hurricane Irma are still all too visible on the island of St. Maarten. But
As he awaits the arrival of yet another low, Figure 8 solo voyager Randall Reeves explains how he manages and prepares one of his “four
Because modern yachting is in many ways an invention of the early to mid 20th century, in recent years sailors have been celebrating any number
Next time you climb on board a Lagoon in the Caribbean or spy a Prout bobbing in the harbor, spare a thought for James Wharram.
Q: I have a 40ft Pearson with a 24-mile radar antenna installed on the radar arch aft. I am concerned that I could be missing
It was a memorable year for the quadrennial solo Route du Rhum race from Saint Malo, France, to Guadeloupe, with everything from storm conditions to
I often get asked about safety and security on charter, and most of the time I shrug and say it’s a matter of common sense,
It’s the 23rd night of our 29-day, 3,000-mile passage from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to Hiva Oa in French Polynesia. As I settle into my watch,
