Adventures with Betsy Ross
August 29, 2024
Even on a power cruiser, a sailmaker’s sewing machine is an integral tool to have aboard.
Even on a power cruiser, a sailmaker’s sewing machine is an integral tool to have aboard.
After 230,000 miles under sail, a cruising couple made the decision to buy a trawler and never looked back.
The San Blas Islands are living history, a different world from the remainder of the Caribbean cruising grounds.
The first all female team and monohull to win the R2AK
Panbo puts on his sailing disguise to take on the latest updates from Raymarine and the Lighthouse 15 update. Can he play along?
When I say there’s something powerboaters can learn from sailors, let me make one thing abundantly clear: I’m not talking about the day sailor hogging the middle of the channel with a trail of exhaust water spurting from his boat’s stern. I’m talking about the men and women competing in perhaps the sport’s most grueling event, the Volvo Ocean Race.
The anchor offered little resistance that night as I gathered in the line and hoisted it topside. Around us there was a hush found only
Smarter steering means frequent, but only short, glances at the chartplotter.
In an emergency, a properly maintained, easy-to-launch life raft can make all the difference.
Why we chose to build our dream version of a Selene 60 from the keel up.
Exploring the Utrechtse Vecht on the redesigned Elling E4.
Two decades after their first circumnavigation, Don and Anja Richards are crossing oceans again to help their son, Keith, kickstart his own cruising dream.
We caught up to the liveaboards at their winter roost in Southwest Alaska to chat about following your dreams and living a life less ordinary.
The gig is more workaday than champagne and caviar, and sometimes the harbor patrol saves our bacon.
How I learned to love the solitude and adventure of cruising with my canine companions.
A veteran sailor brings celestial navigation skills to a motoryacht’s transatlantic passage.
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