(published January 2013) Gino Morrelli of Huntington Beach, California, is partnered with Pete Melvin in the design and engineering firm Morrelli & Melvin. Together with their […]
Multihull Master Gino Morrelli
Bottoms Up!
Employing Coppercoat in the quest for the perfect bottom job (published December 2012) The restoration and refit of our Pearson 424, Regina Oceani, has a focus […]
The Experts Weigh In
BWS authors share their favorite safety and communication gear (published September 2012) Without question, our most valuable and useful piece of electronics is an ICOM 802 […]
A Dangerous Game
Weather routing is a bit of a chess game against the weather-at times, it can be more dangerous than you’d like (published September 2012) It’s a […]
BWS Picks: The Best Destinations for Long Weekend Charters
With time at a premium for many sailors, we present six perfectly accessible areas for a weekend of cruising around the watery borders of the U.S. […]
Weather Wizardry
Sailing season is the time to be aware, and the place to start is www.weather4sailors.com (published May 2009) We’ve all seen the headlines and read the […]
Mexico’s Costa Alegre
Cruising the “Gold Coast” (published April 2012) The Pacific coast of Mexico stretches for hundreds of miles, but the prime cruising ground is a short 50-mile […]
Portobelo, Panama
9°33’N 79°39’W (published March 2012) Mention Panama to a typical cruiser and they’ll usually think of the Panama Canal, the San Blas Islands or Bocas del […]
I See a Miracle
Why don’t sailors sail anymore? (published March 2012) Nassau, 0900 hours. After picking up Curt Hewett, who will help me during the offshore passage to North […]
Food Heresy Offshore
(published March 2012) When provisioning for our recent (and first) trans-Atlantic voyage on Equilibre, our Catana 381 catamaran, I did the usual due diligence by reading […]