For those in search of fair winds, an umbrella-laden beverage and an increased sense of adventure, Cuba provides. U.S.-Cuba relations easing in December of 2014 provided an opportunity for voyagers to sail the island. One year later, we arrived to our charter in the southern Cuba port of Cienfuegos to begin a 600-nm voyage to Havana.
In early May, the Coast Guard rescued a solo sailor whose vessel flooded after hitting an unknown object in open water some 60 miles east of Charleston, S.C.
Many long-distance voyagers relish a challenge, but sailing the longest possible straight line on Earth probably won’t end up on many bucket lists.
Looking for a no-frills summer sailing getaway? White Island Lighthouse Station could be the place.
Roger van Hertsen and his father Evrard van Hertsen prepared to weigh anchor near Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco late last year when they noticed something unusual on the horizon.
Peter Hejno had an epiphany when considering decorating options for his sailboat.
George M. Foy’s collective biography of a ship and a storm, and of the crew who would die in that storm, is a tour de force of nautical expertise coupled with sensitive treatment of one of the worst maritime disasters in our history.
Baxter and Molly Gillespie met in Atlanta, Ga., and decided they wanted to explore the world together.
The Global Positioning System (GPS) has become embedded in just about every electronic device imaginable.
Recently I wrote about how the physics of radio waves results in challenges for antenna makers based on the frequency used.
How much do you know about your trawler’s manual bilge pump?
Jeff Merrill's tips for keeping your bilge in peak condition
As ocean sailors, we meet some very interesting people — and Bart Pothoven from the Netherlands is no exception.
If you’re the kind of sailor I am, you have been reading about Cape Horn since you caught the sailing bug.
New Zealand sailor Graeme Kendall sailed 28,000 miles solo around the globe aboard the purpose-built Astral Express, a 41-foot sloop.
We are sailing into the tremendous expanse of the Indian Ocean from Malaysia to the stormy South African coast and on around the southern tip to Cape Town aboard our Valiant 40, Brick House.
The use of smartphones and tablets on board voyaging boats has become commonplace, and with this widespread use has come the question of how best to recharge them.
We’re revisiting this series on navigating by the sun, moon, stars and planets in the age of GPS because celestial nav is not only a viable backup to satellite navigation, but it is also a skill that ocean voyagers should have in their toolkit.
Imagine a 470-foot steel box. Then add seven 190-foot steel poles, Put sails on those poles — 25 in all, about 43,000 square feet — and then fill the box up with cargo.
