Cruising: Safety Lessons Learned
June 27, 2022
It’s not often that sailors get a chance to put their rescue and MOB training to the test, rarer still that they do as quickly
It’s not often that sailors get a chance to put their rescue and MOB training to the test, rarer still that they do as quickly
As many readers may have noticed, last year SAIL’s annual Pittman Awards were one of the many things that had to be cancelled as a
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Imagine this simple scenario: the boat’s powered up, sailing close-hauled in a building breeze under full sail. I come on deck as the skipper during
At its most basic, a “snubber” is a short length of non-stretchy cordage attached to the anchor chain and to a strong point on a
Following up on its popular form-fitting Sta-Plug emergency plug, marine equipment manufacturer Forespar has now come out with an even smaller version that it calls
Sailing might not be the first pastime that comes to mind when you think of extreme sports, but that’s not to say risks don’t abound.
It was a calm, mid-Pacific morning, around 1000 on May 31, 2019, when the keel finally let go. The three crew of the New Zealand-registered
Being a cruising sailor, one is already practicing a kind of social distancing. But coastal cruisers, and those transiting the Intracoastal Waterway, in particular, still have to
Much has been said and written about preparing your vessel for an offshore passage, but few think about the importance of having good shoreside support
A new four part docuseries details the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild campaign to defend the Route du Rhum title, available now on Youtube.
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Where you’ve seen his work: Onboard photography and video during four editions of The Ocean Race Ross grew up in New Jersey and says he
The Laser was a little worse for wear. It was an old one, a little too heavy with chips and gouges that left the fiberglass
The foiling grand prix fleet made a stop in New York this week, but tricky conditions on Saturday left some out of the racing. Still, the home team moved up the leaderboard and a few notable names joined the racers.
Take a look inside the build process of a foiling Classe Mini 6.50 as Peter Gibbons-Neff gears up for a second go at the Mini Transat.
In praise of the Melges 15, a class that has grown to prominence in recent years, and for good reason.
Where you’ve seen her work: the iconic Transpac photography at Diamond Head light, The Ultimate Sailing Calendar Sharon Green’s photography career began suddenly and with
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