A Mother-and-Son Sailing Adventure
June 15, 2023
Adventuring solo was her joy. How would that fit on a two-month cruise with her teenage son?
Adventuring solo was her joy. How would that fit on a two-month cruise with her teenage son?
At Marine Weather Center, a client recently asked why the computer model forecast had predicted small seas on the windward side of Saint Martin, when
What do you do on a boat for days on end if you’re not constantly tweaking the sails to get an inch ahead of the
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Last week, I almost crashed Falken into the dock. We were returning from the third trial sail in the English Channel since completing our Farr
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Sail design has evolved over the centuries from square sails on tallships to triangular Bermuda rigs, back to the square-topped mains of today’s speedsters, and
