Preparations for the Bermuda Race are about to commence, but getting ready for an offshore passage isn’t unfamiliar territory despite the myriad possibilities that lurk in the future ...
Jeanne Socrates has sailed enough ocean miles, 160,000, to circumnavigate the world seven times. Now she wants to establish a new record. Socrates has already been recognized by Guinness ...
A tiny sailboat built by a high school senior from Waterford, CT has successfully traveled thousands of miles from the coast of Cape Cod across the Atlantic to Ireland. ...
With enough time and miles at sea, encountering problems and equipment failures is inevitable. Having the original equipment manufacturers’ authorized spares and repair kits onboard is not. Regardless ...
(published April 2016) Sun sparkled on the water on a perfect late fall day as I joined my friends getting a Hallberg-Rassy 43 ready in her slip and ...
Shorthanded sailing presents both benefits and difficulties. Most of the difficulties can be overcome with a little forethought. Establishing a good watch system lays the foundation for problem ...
(published March 2016) Standing at the chart table, my buddy Will and I poured over charts of the Northwest coast from Alaska to Oregon. Large and small scale ...
Regardless of what you’re trying to accomplish as a team or crew, clear communications is central to success (published March 2016) Anchored off a lee shore the wind ...
(published February 2016) Wind whipped through Portland Island, B.C.’s tall, old growth forest as we hiked away from the anchorage towards the island’s interior. In the forest, the ...
The onboard medical kit (published February 2016) After a few days ashore at a new destination everyone falls ill with a terrible flu. Is there enough medication onboard ...
