Two Ocean Voyagers Prove You Don’t Need a Big Boat
August 2, 2018
In the broad spectrum of human sailing endeavors, few confuse the uninitiated more than the desire to sail around the world in a small boat.
In the broad spectrum of human sailing endeavors, few confuse the uninitiated more than the desire to sail around the world in a small boat.
Is it a virtue to emerge safely from messes you should have avoided in the first place? Last summer’s sail to Bermuda from Maine gave
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I began my sailing life as a kid in an 8ft El Toro and a 16ft Snipe on Lake Millerton in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
Ah, Tahiti! Even the sound of the word elicits thoughts of heaven on earth—a Polynesian paradise and a bucket list cruise to talk about for
It was early summer, and twilight had stretched itself across the sky with feline languor. The afternoon breeze had dwindled to a zephyr, and we
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