Three options for building the perfect nav system for your boat and your budget (published January 2013) Over the past five years, we have seen quite […]
Nav System Basics
Surefire Survey Strategies
Getting the most out of every type of boat evaluation (published December 2012) If only we knew then what we know now! In five years of […]
Barracuda!
A cruiser in Cuba experiences a close encounter of the predator kind (published November 2012) We were anchored in a lovely spot in the lee of […]
Avoid Boom Doom
Rigging a preventer or boom brake (published November 2012) Warning: The only way to start this is with a dramatic, yet frightening reality. “BOOM” isn’t exactly […]
Dropping Temperatures and Rising Risks
(published November 2012) It was December, and a newly purchased J/160 needed to be moved from Florida to Rhode Island for a refit. The owner hoped […]
Year 5: What Worked, What Didn’t
(published October 2012) Setting off from Rhode Island five years ago to sail around the world, we installed a multi-page list of new equipment on our […]
Fitting Out for Cruising
15 top upgrades that transform your boat into a liveaboard voyager (published October 2012) Whether you are buying a new boat through a dealer or a […]
A Harrowing Journey
Crossing the pirate-infested Indian Ocean can be a life-or-death guessing game (published October 2012) There were times—many times—in the past few months when Chris and I […]
Overtaken
A sudden storm dampens a passage from Grays Harbor, WA to San Francisco (published September 2012) When I tell the story of a recent storm encounter, […]
Adding Reef Points
(published September 2012) Any experienced cruising sailor knows the importance of being able to reef your sails in heavy weather to reduce power and heeling. As […]