Cruising Guide to the Western Caribbean
For a change of pace, spend a winter cruising from Florida to the Western Caribbean and back. Here’s how (published May 2018) For U.S. east coast cruisers looking to extend their cruising experience beyond the Bahamas, a Western Caribbean cruise offers an adventurous alternative to the more common Eastern Caribbean
Wintering in the Great Land
(published March 2018) A fresh blanket of snow covers Yahtzee when I arrive to tackle another day of boat projects. Before heading below to switch on heaters and plug in power tools, I spend a few minutes shoveling the cockpit and decks, and pushing snow off the solar panels on
We Love Morocco
From Mallorca in Spain’s Balearic Islands, to Morocco and then the Canary Islands, the crew of Mahina Tiare had one adventure after the next (published March 2018) As soon as our Leg 6 crew came aboard our Halberg-Rassy 46 Mahina Tiare, we departed La Lonja Marina Charter for lunch at
Cyclones in French Polynesia
When compared to other tropical cruising paradises, French Polynesia is the least likely to suffer hurricanes or cyclones (published March 2018) After the devastating 2017 hurricane season in the Caribbean basin and Gulf of Mexico with estimates of 63,000 boat destroyed or damaged, many boaters are thinking about safety related
The Maiden Voyage
Hong Kong to the Philippines in the ongoing saga of the new Kraken 66 White Dragon's maiden voyage from China to Gibraltar (published March 2018) We were finally ready to leave Hong Kong on the Kraken 66 flagship White Dragon’s 18,000-mile voyage to Gibraltar. We were a couple of days
Circumnavigating Denmark in Six Weeks
With a changing cast of crew, the skipper of Skylark, sails up the North Sea from Holland to Sweden, down the Baltic Sea to Germany and home through the Kiel Canal (published March 2018) Every summer, my teenage sons have six-week summer holidays allowing me and my 1973 Pearson 36,
Cruising the Windward Islands
From Antigua south to Grenada, the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles offer near-perfect cruising without the crowds (published June/July 2018) The islands of the Eastern Caribbean form a graceful arc from Puerto Rico south to Trinidad, close to Venezuela. The Leeward Islands run from Anguilla to Dominica and the
Maverick’s Atlantic Adventure Last Blog
Landfall in Cowes after 3,100 Miles from Newport The sun was just rising as we closed in on the Needles, those chalky, wave-worn cliffs that mark the western entrance to the Solent, the Isle of Wight and Cowes, which marked the end of our 3,100-mile transatlantic passage aboard Maverick. For
Maverick’s North Atlantic Adventure: Blog 6
1255 Miles to Landfall: Gray Days, Spicy Curry, Easy Boat Handling and Whale Sighting Thursday morning started early with a fully overcast sky and fog for the third day in a row. The fair southwest wind and current that we have been enjoying started to veer to the west and
Maverick’s Atlantic Adventures: Day 5
Newport, RI to Cowes, England: Now 896 miles from Newport, RI, and south of the Grand Banks, this is not the North Atlantic we imaged…are we headed to England or Antigua? Yesterday morning (Saturday June 30), something unusual happened that tells you precisely the puzzlement we are all experiencing
