Top Tips for Gunkholing
February 1, 2023
You climb from your berth and start the stove for coffee, warming the cabin. You check your position, looking out the ports as the sun
You climb from your berth and start the stove for coffee, warming the cabin. You check your position, looking out the ports as the sun
In 2015, our friends Lee & Rachel Cumberland were onboard their Tayana 37, Satori, tied to a mooring buoy in a Bahamian anchorage when a
After the long and tiring 2020 pandemic year, and after many talks about hypothetically sailing away, my partner, Vanessa, and I decided it was time
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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
Never chartered? No worries. A vacation under sail can be the most memorable time of your life. That said, it also pays to be prepared
One of my favorite parts of a charter is the checkout. I know, weird. But that’s the time I learn the boat that will be
Vang Power A boom vang helps to control mainsail shape after the limits of the traveler have been reached. Without a vang, the boom will
I was originally drawn to sailing not by the pull of the water but by the pull of land, land beyond my horizon. The idea
Your dog will likely enjoy being out on the open ocean as much as you will, but just like with human passengers, safety measures must
I wrote recently about my ongoing project to redesign the mast and sailplan on our family boat, a 1971 OE 36 called Spica. I’ve agonized
New England’s season kick off for racers returns this March.
I’m not patient, laid-back, or compliant so when I hear the expression “age gracefully” all my hairs stand up. It’s unlikely for me to go
Editor-in-Chief Lydia Mullan reflects on her work anniversary with SAIL.
Another issue is off to the printer and on the way to your house! March is our offshore issue, so there are plenty of adventures,
The critically endangered right whale has been a focal point for conservation efforts for decades, and with boat strikes being one of the major threats
Ditch the Squeaky Rope Look at the illustration and guess which rope kept me awake one night. It was, of course, the skinny one. The
A new Scandinavian deckhouse cruiser is coming to America.
Laterr tonight, Quentin Debois is expected to become the fastest person to sail a Mini Transat 6.50 solo, east to west across the Atlantic. The
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
