48.4222° N, 123.3657° W (published February 2014) In Coasting, Jonathan Raban makes a distinction between continental people and island people. For most of us, the continental […]
Victoria, British Columbia
Destination Denmark
BWS travels to Denmark to meet with sailing industry leaders (published February 2014) The September morning I landed at the Billund airport in the west of […]
Riding It Out In Fiji
An unexpected cyclone season hideout makes for a laborious but rewarding stop (published February 2014) Kate was truly ready to stop when we arrived in Fiji. […]
Sweet Spots on the Rio Dulce
Part II: Getting to one of the western Caribbean’s best hurricane holes (published February 2014) Still hoping that it wasn’t a huge mistake to take the […]
Bonifacio, Corsica
Lat 41°23′, 4N; Long 009°09′, 8E (published January 2014) Most of the planning we did for a week’s charter from the new Sunsail base in Cannigione, […]
Tune In
Tips for replacing tang assemblies and tuning your rig (published January 2014) As I hoisted myself up the mast I could see rust stains on the […]
The Brains of the Operation
Multifunction displays bring the information age to your helm and nav station (published January 2014) The field of marine electronics has been on a fast development […]
True Reliability
Where to look when building redundancy into your boat’s systems (published January 2014) Cruising boats are simple but contradictory things: a heap of essential, often complex, […]
Uncommon Passages
A cruise down the Atlantic coast of Europe reveals an abundance of unique harbors (published January 2014) Over the centuries, north European sailors heading to […]
The Magnificent Marquesas
The many highlights of this magical cruising ground are hard to ignore (published January 2014) Isolated, wild and brooding with bold mountain landscapes jutting up above […]