passagemaking

First sea trials aboard hull number one of a rockin’ new flagship  (published September 2016) It’s not often that I get the scoop on a new […]

Picking a favorable weather window from the east coast of the United States to the Virgin Islands  (published April 2016) The hardest part about the passage […]

December of 2015 and the first week of January 2016 will live in the weather records, history books, ships’ logs and personal diaries for the unusual […]

Funny how the beginning and end of a voyage can parallel each other, even when they’re three years and thousands of miles apart  (published April 2016) […]

Over the years, and much experimentation, I have adopted two regular galley activities that not only keep meals interesting but, most importantly, give our diets a […]

On paper, crossing the Pacific in one season seemed like a perfectly good plan. But once there, we were like kids in a candy store: everything […]

Before we sailed through the Havannah Pass and into the lagoon that surrounds “La Grande Terre” we’d heard very little about New Caledonia. The few people […]

Readying a small boat for a Pacific crossing  (published December 2015) Outfitting a boat for an ocean crossing is no easy task. Like so many aspects […]

The southern Indian Ocean has a nasty reputation for strong winds, large seas and quickly changing weather systems  (published October 2015) At a chandlery in Langkawi, […]

How to navigate the various government agencies  (published September 2015) Every sailor, naturalist and even school kids have a vision of what the Galapagos is like. […]