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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Learn All About Catamaran Cruising from the Experts
Beyond the Horizon Insights into Long Distance Cruising Adventures March 9 – 11 Lowes Hotel, Annapolis, MD Long distance cruisers from the […]
Fitness Afloat
Everyone knows that a balanced diet and regular exercise are the pillars of maintaining a healthy lifestyle but it can be difficult to put that knowledge […]
Our Final Sail
The decision to switch from a symmetrical spinnaker to a Parasailor proved to be the right one for this cruising couple aboard their Pearson 424 (published […]
Vendee Globe Skipper Kito de Pavant Rescued
Kito de Pavant, the 55 years old French skipper of Bastide-Otio, who suffered damage to his keel when racing in the remote South Indian Ocean while […]
Rescue Planned for Strickened Vendee Globe Skipper
French skipper Kito de Pavant was enduring an anxious wait this afternoon aboard his Bastide Otio after he struck an object which destroyed his keel housing, […]
Repairs force Jeanne Socrates to abandon her record attempt
Describing the decision as “a painful but an unavoidable decision”, Jeanne Socrates has abandoned her record attempt for a second time because of urgent repairs. The […]
41 Years Ago the Edmund Fitzgerald Sank on Lake Superior
The Fitzgerald sank on the evening of Nov. 10, 1975 during a particularly rough storm on Lake Superior. There are no survivors or witnesses to the […]