Victoria, British Columbia

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 […]

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 […]