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Sailing Gear

A Near Miss While Mooring

Last week, I almost crashed Falken into the dock. We were returning from the third trial sail in the English Channel since completing our Farr

Runaway Dinghy!

The Cruising Club of America (CCA) is a collection of 1,400 ocean sailors with extensive offshore seamanship, command experience, and a shared passion for making

Film Review: “The Wizard of Zenda”

Truly it’s vexing that sailing luminaries don’t get more attention in the U.S.—a nation founded on the very skill of being able to sail successfully

Close Call in the Sea of Cortez

“I’m gonna lose you! Don’t let go…. Don’t let go!” Those were the words that I kept pleading to my husband as he clung to

Gear: Zeus S Chartplotter From B&G

B&G has long been putting out top-of-the-line electronics, but the new Zeus S Chartplotter is a fresh take on the best way to give sailors

Experience: An Unexpected Breeze

My wife, Randy, and I sail the Catalina 320, Downtime, out of Mamaroneck, New York, at the western end of Long Island Sound among such

Image courtesy of Spinklock

Gear: Spinlock NEMO+ Deckvest

While most people are shopping for cradles and bottles when expecting a baby, I was deep into researching an area that I thought was much

Everyone should practice MOB 
maneuvers, but 
preventing it in the first place comes down to mindset. Photo by A. Gray

At the Helm: Stay on the Boat

The risk of going overboard—and how you brief it—depends entirely on context. Mia and I were at a wedding recently in England. The bride and

It was a roundabout path that led the author to Indigo. Photo by Zuzana Prochazka

Boat Shopping

There’s no straight path to boat ownership. Charter in the meantime. 

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