Puerto Bahia Marina, Samana, Dominican Republic (published September 2017) Nestled on the north side of Samana Bay, on the eastern end of the Dominican Republic (DR) […]
There’s This Place
Sailing Phuket and Discovering Thailand
An adventurous couple delves into all that Phuket and Phang Nga Bay offer travelers and cruising sailors (published September 2017, photographs by Michaela Urban) I spent […]
Iceland to Scotland, a Whirlwind of Adventure
Mahina Tiare and her crew sail in some of the North Atlantic’s most remote and beautiful islands (published September 2017) Our Leg 4 crew joined us […]
Escape From Pago Pago
Cruising American Samoa is not as impossible as it seems (published September 2017) It appeared that we were victors and victims of that strange luck, circumstance: […]
Into the Leeward Isles
Cruising south through the tall Caribbean islands that kiss the clouds (September 2017) When I retired five years ago my wife Brenda and I headed out […]
Med Mooring
(published August 2017) As we slowly rounded the rocky headland crowned with feathery pines, picturesque Poros town slowly revealed itself, taking my breath away. The terracotta […]
Discovering Poros
Legend has it that once you visit Poros you will always return (published August 2017) The azure sea was smooth as satin, touching the infinite sky […]
Sailing to the Extreme
Five offshore adventures that will build your blue water skills and may change your life (published August 2017) There is no better way to build the […]
Diving Bonaire and Curacao
For cruisers who like to scuba dive, the Dutch islands in the southern Caribbean offer some of the world’s best and least crowded dive sites (published […]
Landfall
The rhythms of daily life change after being at sea for three weeks (published August 2017) On the 21st morning of our passage I […]