Just Cruising with George Day | Cruising Compass

Browsing Category Just Cruising with George Day

Just Cruising with George Day 0
Dog Days Coming to End

With Labor Day ahead and lots of kids heading back to school this week and next, summer really is taking a bow and preparing to exit. It has ...
On September 2, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
Just Cruising with George Day 0
Ode to the Coast of Maine

As we stood on the waterfront of Camden Harbor one day in August, a 60-foot schooner with sails furled was motoring into the harbor with her paying crew ...
On August 25, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
Just Cruising with George Day 0
The Sargassum Problem

The North Atlantic Ocean has always had Sargasso weed, which was mainly concentrated near the ocean’s center in what is known as the Sargasso Sea. Sailing from the ...
On August 18, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
Just Cruising with George Day 0
Getting Ready to Sail Offshore

I am planning to sail south to the Caribbean from Newport, RI on a friend’s 47-foot sloop this fall so I got out my offshore gear over the ...
On August 11, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
Just Cruising with George Day 0
2022 Salty Dawg Rally to the Caribbean Fleet Growing

The annual Salty Dawg Rally to the Caribbean that gets underway on or around November 1 has seen a dramatic increase in sign-ups this year. As of August ...
On August 4, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
Just Cruising with George Day 0
Aftermath of the Escape Tragedy

As we expected, the story we published in last week’s Just Cruising column on the tragedy at sea aboard the 66-foot sloop Escape that resorted in the death ...
On July 27, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
Just Cruising with George Day 0
Anatomy of a Tragedy at Sea

The following account was written by veteran cruiser Sheldon Stuchell based on reports from the two crew aboard the cruising boat Escape and official Coast Guard reports. While ...
On July 21, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
Just Cruising with George Day 0
Is Celestial Navigation Dead?

Last week in this column, I recounted a repair we made to a malfunctioning hand-held GPS half way up the Red Sea by putting the disassembled unit into ...
On July 14, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
Just Cruising with George Day 0
When You Have to Fix It

Rosie likes to quip that I can fix just about anything on a cruising boat but not so much around the house. I suspect it is more about ...
On July 7, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
Just Cruising with George Day 0
Whats Up with the Orcas?

Over the past two years, reports of orcas, or killer whales, attacking boats near the Straits of Gibraltar keep surfacing. The whales have been ramming boats with their ...
On June 30, 2022 / By Sandy Parks

© 2014 Blue Water Media. All rights reserved. | Admin