The Adventurers Aboard Trash-Tiki
August 16, 2018
If you were in Gotland, a popular island vacation destination off the coast of Sweden, on the morning of July 3, your holiday might have
If you were in Gotland, a popular island vacation destination off the coast of Sweden, on the morning of July 3, your holiday might have
In 2015, we cruised to Norway’s Lofoten Islands on our Nordic 40, Juanona, which we’d sailed transatlantic from Maine to England. Our 2016 plan was
One of the first stories I ever edited for publication in a boat magazine, way back in 1986, was about the dangers and general inconvenience
Donna Gallant always planned to live a life of adventure. In school, she told her roommate that she was going to marry a man with
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
The winter of 2016-17 was one of the coldest on record in southern British Columbia. In June 2016 we had sailed across from Hawaii to
Getting the most out of your boat refrigerator means being able to have the foods you want on board, having cold drinks, being able to
Flying into Tortola in the British Virgin Islands one December morning, three months after Hurricane Irma, I felt like a war correspondent dispatched to the
“Tucker!” I snap at my little brother. “You have to be on lookout!” Two years younger than I am, he just looks at me and
I discovered sailing on the south coast of Cape Cod, where the breeze is a reliable 15-22 knots out of the southwest like clockwork every
A week as crew aboard the Pride of Baltimore II fulfills a lifelong dream—with adventure added.
As the Caribbean Multihull Challenge (CMC) kicks off a sixth year, race organizers have a one-word mission statement: soul. “At the beginning, we wanted to
By Mensun BoundMariner Books (2022) Confession: I am a polar exploration nut. Whole hectares of my bookshelves are dedicated to the genre, past and present.
I had no warning of impending disaster. The morning sky was deep blue, and the fronds of the palm trees on Belize’s beautiful South Water
Ever wonder how the gear we put on our boats gets tested before we ever use it? If it’s Harken gear, that would be the
Ever wonder how the gear we put on our boats gets tested before we ever use it? If it’s Harken gear, that would be the
The inaugural Global Solo Challenge has been an ocean race like no other. From a sizable percentage of American sailors to a pursuit start that
Jan. 11/2024: Here’s one of the more interesting things that has happened to me since the publication of The Boy Who Fell to Shore, my
In little over a week, Mia and I head to Falken, 59° North’s Farr 65, for the last passage of 2023. The boat is docked
