Barracuda!

A cruiser in Cuba experiences a close encounter of the predator kind  (published November 2012) We were anchored in a lovely spot in the lee of […]

Long Island Bahamas

Fast boats and tranquil diversity  (published November 2012) A centuries-old sailing tradition dictates that whenever multiple boats are on the water they must engage in a […]

Visiting Rodriques Island

Smallest of the Mascarenes  (published November 2012) If you ask many North Americans to locate the Mascarene Islands, Rodrigues in particular, you will likely be greeted […]

Replacing Sanitary Hoses

A cautionary tale  (published October 2012) In the year 2000, when Island Packet built my precious IP 380, MoDachaidh, apparently modern technology hadn’t yet perfected the […]

A Harrowing Journey

Crossing the pirate-infested Indian Ocean can be a life-or-death guessing game  (published October 2012) There were times—many times—in the past few months when Chris and I […]

30- Something Cruisers

Why wait for retirement? Put your cruising plans on fast forward and go now  (published October 2012) If you refer to acquiring the cruising fever as […]

HIghlights of a Homeward Bound Voyage

(published October 2012) February 18th—I recorded our departure from Easter Island in the logbook and noted that we had cleared out of New Zealand exactly one […]