Learning to sail is one of life’s great rewards and choosing the right school and the right progression of courses makes all the difference in the […]
Sailing Schools Will Make You An Old Salt
Sailing in the Big Leagues
Competing in the Normandy Channel Race 2017, was a huge opportunity and a huge challenge for two eager amateurs (published August 2017) The Normandy Channel Race […]
Seamanship for Cruisers
Two of the world’s most experienced offshore sailors and dedicated seamanship educators, share what they have learned over lifetimes at sea (with John Neal and Amanda […]
Pace On When the Breeze is Off
How to coax out more speed and miles when the wind goes light (published June/July 2017) Waves of rising heat seem to distort visions of the […]
Staying Safe at Sea
(published June/July 2017) While the rest of the world is worried about terrorism, it’s easy to feel safe from attacks when living aboard out at sea. […]
Pirate Attack
In the Gulf of Vietnam, they were chased by pirates and barely got away. Here’s what happened and what they learned (published May 2017) “Rebecca, QUICK, […]
Cruising Earth’s Edge, Spitsbergen to Iceland
John and Amanda Neal, aboard their Hallberg Rassy 46, Mahina Tiare, take their expedition crew on a true high latitude adventure on the 1,500-mile cruise from […]
Northward Bound
Daylight lengthens, and rumor has it that the weather is getting warmer further to the north. It’s time to leave the tropics in favor of northern […]
Before the Wind
There are a number of options for comfortably running downwind (published March 2017) There is nothing quite so awesome as a warm breeze at your back, […]
Victoria to San Diego
Mahina Tiare‘s crew settles in for a journey south along the U.S. Pacific coast (published February 2017) March 23, 0115 hrs, 44.53 N, 124.38 W, Log: […]