For sailors, cruisers and all of us who love the sailing and boating life, this has been a terrible week in the news. On the West Coast, 34 ...
On September 6, 2019 / By Sandy ParksEvery time I set off for an ocean passage, that thought inevitably creeps through my head as land disappears behind us and the great ocean rises up ahead. ...
On August 30, 2019 / By Sandy ParksIt is not every day at sea that you run into a vast raft of pumice floating on the sea surface. But that’s just what Shannon Lenz and ...
On August 21, 2019 / By George DayA couple of springs ago, while I was sailing my 45-foot sloop back from the Bahamas to its home in Newport, RI, we found ourselves off the Bight ...
On August 16, 2019 / By Sandy ParksAs of Wednesday August 7, Jean Socrates is in the 307th day of her fifth solo circumnavigation and her second trip around the earth without stopping. She has ...
On August 7, 2019 / By Sandy ParksIn the olden days of coasting schooners, pinkey’s and smacks, the crew on board was often just, “a man, a boy and a dog.” The boy did all ...
On July 31, 2019 / By George DayThose of us who have sailed across the North Atlantic, particularly on the route from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean, and the route from Bermuda to the ...
On July 24, 2019 / By George DayAbout 20 miles east of our home port of Newport, RI there is a cove that has over the years become one of our favorite summer anchorages. Tarpaulin ...
On July 19, 2019 / By Sandy ParksSpring and early summer are the foggy months along our coastlines and in the Great Lakes. It has to do with warm air flowing over cold water to ...
On July 10, 2019 / By George DayLast weekend, I was part of a fun Blue Water Seminar held at the Essex, CT Yacht Club. The event was put on by Essex native Bob Osborn ...
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