Comanche has set a Newport Bermuda Race record celebrating her line honours victory in the 50th Thrash to the Onion Patch, Newport Bermuda 2016. Jim and Kristy […]
Comanche Sets Bermuda Race Record
Merchant Ship Rescues Survivors from Damaged Yacht
Five crew members were sailing the multi-million dollar yacht Platino from Auckland to Fiji on Monday when foul weather tore down the boat’s rigging, killing one […]
Pocket Protectors: Delorme & SPOT
These small satellite communications devices can track your progress, send and receive short messages and send an SOS (published February 2016) Pocket-sized satellite communications devices have […]
This Globetrotter Hen Is Sailing Around The World With Her Human
Meet Monique, a hen, who is currently on a global adventure with her human Guirec Soudée. The travel tales of these two sailors have now gone […]
Noah’s Ark Crashes Into Coast Guard Vessel
You read that right. A 230 foot long replica of Noah’s Ark collided with a Norwegian Coast Guard vessel as it arrived in Oslo, Norway on […]
Donna Lange Completes Second Solo Sail Around the World at the End of This Month
When Donna Lange brings her boat to the Herreshoff Museum dock in Bristol, RI, at the end of this month (May 2016) she will have sailed […]
Another Uncertain Outcome
Getting a 48′ Gunboat catamaran to Cape Hatteras in mid-December might seem like a good idea to some folks, but it could leave a great deal […]
Caribbean Escape
This winter, escape the ice and snow by jetting south to the Caribbean for a week or two of charter. There is nothing like a week […]
Just Sail the Boat
(published December 2015) I was on the dock casting off lines when Jill put the engine in reverse. Then, when she powered up to back us […]
Energy Independence
(published November 2015) It was 5:00 a.m. on a Wednesday morning in early August when I heard the pitter-patter of rain on deck above our bunk. […]