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Patrick Childress addresses a key rule of seamanship that is shared by many professional skippers and veteran offshore passagemakers.

Having made the passage from Newport to the Caribbean dozens of times, the author skippers a big Swan in the NARC one last time and reflects […]

26 Bluewater Adventure Sailing Sabbitcal Why I decided to sail around the world after college graduation by Haley Haltom 30 World Cruising Black Sands and Black […]

28 Bill Biewenga Black Clouds on the Horizon 32 Heather Francis Seasickness: suffering sailors and condition 36 World Cruising Cruising the Twelves The Dodecanese Islands of […]

Rebecca and Patrick Childress, who are world cruising aboard their Valiant 40 Brick House, celebrated Rebecca’s birthday by spending the dawn swimming with whale sharks in […]

With new laws coming that restrict toxins in bottom paints, researchers are exploring new technologies to keep our boats barnacle free  (published April 2013) In the […]

From Rust Rises Endurance  (published May 012) After Brick House’s port upper shroud chainplate snapped in a remote area of the Pacific due to internal corrosion, […]

Part 1: What goes up should never come down  (published April 2012) From a soft breeze and tropical sunshine, the sudden blast of wind dimmed the […]

(published February 2012) We had just settled back on the anchor in a protected coral cove after a stormy ocean passage. I glanced out the companionway […]