Choose your own adventure in one of the Caribbean’s finest cruising grounds (published October 2014) A strong easterly breeze and hefty quartering sea had us […]
Best of the Grenadines
Knowledge is Freedom
How upper-level cruising courses can take your passagemaking skills to new distances (published August 2014) Somewhere between Tortola and St. Martin I sat on the leeward […]
All Together Now
A family charter in the British Virgin Islands creates lasting memories and leaves the crew yearning for more (published August 2014) Firmly wedged between the cockpit […]
Ewing Cove, Sucia Island Washington
A springtime trip to the San Juan Islands reveals empty anchorages and splendid hiking (published July 2014) My eyes darted quickly from the slowly dropping depth […]
Dufour 560
Performance and comfort combine to create a cruiser that will be happy at sea or anchor (published October 2014) The spinnaker had just filled and was […]
Get On Up…Wind
Tips and tricks for trimming your sails upwind (published June 2014) While leading a flotilla of six boats in the Caribbean, we had a day of […]
Life Raft Servicing
Taking proper care of your life raft is critical to making sure it will work when you need it most (published May 2014) When I stepped […]
Tune In
Tips for replacing tang assemblies and tuning your rig (published January 2014) As I hoisted myself up the mast I could see rust stains on the […]
Heaving-To
The ocean is your parking lot (published July 2012) For centuries, heaving-to has been the most reliable trick in a sailor’s arsenal for “parking” a sailboat […]