MOB: A Whistle in the Wind
July 16, 2019
Mark Wheeler went overboard a few minutes before midnight. He was in the middle of Lake Michigan, 30 miles offshore in 40 knots of wind.
Mark Wheeler went overboard a few minutes before midnight. He was in the middle of Lake Michigan, 30 miles offshore in 40 knots of wind.
On April 29, veteran circumnavigator Webb Chiles closed the loop on his sixth solo circumnavigation. Chiles and his Moore 24, Gannet, sailed into San Diego
We need a boat. Like, really need a boat. Not just, “Oh a boat would be fun.” But an aching, core-wrenching desire for a piece
Thirty-three years ago Jimmy Cornell launched a rally for boats crossing the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean. The pitch was safety in
It all started with YouTube. Last year, when my wife, Marjorie, and I began planning to include the Exumas in our upcoming three-month cruise through
Way back in 1610, Henry Hudson, commissioned by the Dutch East India Company to find a northwest passage to China, was the first Western navigator
There’s a unique cruising ground that combines access to urban locations with easy escapes to wilderness and nature. Its native people may be the friendliest
Though I hate to think of myself as a “disaster tourist,” I can’t deny one of the things I was most curious about as I
On this idyllic California summer morning, Soncy, a classic 40ft Rhodes-designed sloop built in 1957, is on her way to Santa Catalina Island. On board
On December 23, 1816, His Majesty’s cutter Mermaid was launched in Calcutta, India. Built of solid teak and sheathed with copper, she was 56ft long
One cruising couple’s celestial view is cut short when they drag anchor in a serious breeze.
Shortly after I first met Mary Therese Kubek last October, aboard her 1968 Alberg 30, I handed her a copy of Bernard Moitessier’s first book,
For more multihull reviews and stories, subscribe for free to Multihull Power & Sail A few months ago while on a charter, we picked up
On the wall in my office is an iconic photo of legendary Swedish sailor Magnus Olsson sailing aboard the infamous Whitbread Maxi DRUM in the
A Rough Ride Near Home The image above is an extreme, if small-scale, example of what happens when a sea hits a harbor wall. As
Kennebunk River, Maine New England sailing is easy for those who want to grab a mooring every night; our harbors are plentiful and well-spaced for
Cape Charles, Virginia I’d been to Cape Charles many times by land before sailing in, and it was worth the wait to arrive by boat.
Red Jacket, the 40-footer that became the first Canadian boat to win the SORC and launched what would become C&C Yachts, will be back on
Day one on June 21 saw the race overcome by a mild, slow moving electrical storm that swelled over land during the start before spilling
SAIL magazine and Hanse Yachts are excited to present a conversation with Cole Brauer and Lin Pardey during the Annapolis Sailboat Show in October. Encompassing
