Squall Strategies
September 12, 2018
Our first encounter with a big squall was sailing from San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico. We left at 0200 to ensure we’d get into Ensenada
Our first encounter with a big squall was sailing from San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico. We left at 0200 to ensure we’d get into Ensenada
Whither the mast-mounted halyard winch? Just as all roads once led to Rome, many sailors now believe that all working lines should lead to the
Some of the greatest sailing voyages are those that are undertaken quietly, without publicity and for no reason other than that they are there to
On my living room wall, I have a print by Canadian maritime artist John Stobart that I inherited from my father. Stobart specializes in the
I have rarely had a cruise that wasn’t different from my expectations, and my Nova Scotia travels have borne that out. For my friend and
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.
I could feel the boat find her groove and settle in at 7.2 knots on a beam reach with the code zero flying. It was
Would a brief passage to no particular place soothe this landbound sailor’s pelagic soul?
It was half past midnight and the wind had been building for the last few hours. We had left the west coast of Puerto Rico
A Clean Bottom and No Burglars Nighttime dinghy theft is a major issue in the Caribbean. Even in parts of the United States it is
Editor’s Note: In 1956, Alan Nicol—nicknamed “Stormy” for the weather he seemed to attract—was Francis Chichester’s main crew on Gipsy Moth II, sailing with Chichester
When they think about the Society Islands, most sailors likely conjure the most famous of this French Polynesian group—Tahiti, Bora Bora, perhaps Moorea—the stuff that
Peter Harken needs little introduction in the world of sailing. With his brother, Olaf, he started a shoestring business building collegiate and Olympic class dinghies
The new Windelo 50, which made its U.S. debut in February at the Miami International Boat Show, is an updated version of an earlier launch
Three Grenada men have been charged with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of American cruising sailors Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel. The
Hallberg-Rassy builds carry a reputation of solid offshore cruising boats. However, the forecast for my date with the 40C was among the lightest air the
