11th Hour Racing Announces New Grantees for World Oceans Day
This story appears on the 11th Hour website. We pas it along to you in the hope that you share our love of the ocean and our concern for the future of our oceans. GD SEVEN ORGANIZATIONS WORKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SPORT, SCIENCE, AND OCEAN RESTORATION 11th Hour Racing
Beneteau Launches New First 53
The First series of racer/cruisers was launched by Beneteau in 1977 and remains today a standard for combining spirited sailing and racing performance with comfortable cruising accommodations. In the flee,t there are designs that remain classics many years after they have gone out of production, including First 38, the First
Cuba Closed to Cruisers Again
On Tuesday of this week, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it was restricting travel to Cuba for American citizens and specifically mentioned that it was prohibiting travel to the Caribbean country by private planes and boats. For the last four years, cruising folk who wanted to explore Cuba were
In the Wake of the Huricannes: Updates from The Moorings in the BVI
It has been 19 months since Hurricane Irma impacted the British Virgin Islands in September of 2017. The Moorings reopened our Tortola operations just three months after the storm, and since then we have been working tirelessly to restore our flagship marina and fleet. To those of you who have already returned
New Hallberg Rassy 40C Will Be a Modern Cruising Classic
The Swedish builder Hallberg Rassy has been building classic, high quality cruising boats for two generations and remains one of Europe’s premier production boat builders. True blue water boats, Hallberg Rassys can be found in all of the world’s best cruising grounds. In May, HR introduced the new German Frers
There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Good Tan’
Faced with a cancer scare, this cruising couple did some scientific analysis on just how well dodgers, biminis, clothing and sunscreens protect us from the sun’s rays (published February, 2019) So often, when we have met folks on sailing vacations, we watch them spend hours up on the bow, “catching
Antigua Sailing Week Wraps Up the Annual Festival of Sailing, Sun and Fun
The 52nd edition of Antigua Sailing Week will be remembered for a cocktail of superb sailing, thrilling racing and a great party atmosphere ashore. Teams from 21 different countries from all over the world chose Antigua Sailing Week as their destination. The trade winds blew for all six days of racing;
Dodging The Huge Mozambique Cyclone, Brick House Sails Down the East African Coast
2019 European Boat of the Year Awards
We always like the Boat of the Year Awards in Europe, partly because the judges are from all of the major magazines instead of just ne, ad partly because we get introduced to some really cool boats that are not well known in North America. In case you missed it,
Mooring Tricks for Successful Stern-To Docking in the Med
If you are heading to the Mediterranean or just about anywhere in Europe for a sailing vacation this summer, you ‘re going to find yourself in tight little harbors, with stone and concrete docks that require you to tie up using the classic Med Mooring technique. Often, you will have