At the Helm: A Voyage to Iceland
December 1, 2023
Anticipation and adaptation are keys to good seamanship. Put them together, and the results look easy.
Anticipation and adaptation are keys to good seamanship. Put them together, and the results look easy.
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For more multihull reviews and stories, subscribe for free to Multihull Power & Sail at sailmagazine.com/multihull With heavy backpacks and our hands laden with as
It had been five years and nearly 35,000 nautical miles of hard sailing—including three years in Antarctica and Chile—when we finally turned north for the
Tomorrow, we sail for Greenland. Falken is parked in St. John’s, Newfoundland, along the bulkhead of the enormous fishing and commercial harbor, tucked as far
I must admit, I cracked. The last voice shouting mansplanations at me about how to work the bow thruster that we didn’t have was the
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