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November 19, 2015
One of the nice things about working for a sailing magazine is that people often just send you stuff hoping you’ll try it out. This
One of the nice things about working for a sailing magazine is that people often just send you stuff hoping you’ll try it out. This
There are several things going on in this picture, all stemming from the small hairline cracks radiating out from where the chainplate pierces the deck.
We sailed out of Australia’s Arafura Sea and through Indonesia’s Timor Sea toward the Flores Sea. In the early days of ocean voyaging, these were
Any boat under way in a crosswind, whether it’s a rowboat crossing a lake or a powerful cruiser reaching along the coast, will be pushed
Having someone fall off your boat is a possibility, as we all know, but that situation is something the skipper takes care of, right? Well,
Oddly enough, grounding a 46-footer on a beach ain’t that tough. The only question is whether you prefer to go in bow or stern first.
It was a gorgeous day off Florida’s west coast—sunny (of course) with a gentle breeze coming over our port quarter—and Nick Hake, creator of the
Having passed through the Western Arctic and its ice fields much earlier in the season than we’d hoped or expected, and with the ice situation
A A long hidden bolt or machine screw can be used to pin a companionway hatch in place and keep it from sliding open. B
SAIL Trinidad and Tobago’s strategic geographic location below the hurricane belt positions the country as an attractive location over other territories in the region for
Features include: • Daggerboards for upwind performance • Option for Integrel power generation • Versa-Helm serving upper and protected lower helm When you do multiple
You absolutely cannot make this stuff up! The true story of Thomas Tangvald—born and raised at sea, orphaned in a wreck and cast ashore at
Photo courtesy of Discovering Amistad, by Caryn B. Davis
Cruising the Maine coast in our own boat has been a long-held dream for me and my wife, Kris. Last summer we made it reality
Last year I was at a wedding of an old friend from high school. Near the end of the night, when the bustle of the
At 110 years old, the storied pilot cutter Jolie Brise powers off the wind. In 1851, the New York pilot schooner America sailed to England,
With just four boats still on their way, it has been a long road to Rio for the fleet competing in this year’s Cape2Rio. Larry
I first met Steve and Irene Macek in the proper way—in an anchorage full of bluewater cruising boats. This was in St. Georges, Bermuda, in
After a trial by fire start to the race and only a brief stop for limited fixes, the five IMOCA 60 crews in The Ocean
