This summer, go explore America’s best cruising grounds on a bareboat, crewed charter or cruise-and-learn experience. Over the past few years, charter fleets have been growing […]

16 Bill Biewenga Getting Your Point Across Coordinating efforts is not difficult if everyone on the crew understands the tasks at hand and how to proceed […]

10 PHASES OF PASSAGEMAKING This summer will mark 20 years since Rosie and I and our boys sailed back into Newport R.I. to complete a five […]

A true dual-purpose sloop, the Salona 44 offers all the comforts of home in a design that is a proven winner on the racecourse by George […]

If you can’t find the pencil, you can’t draw the line  (published March 2015) There is a lot we learn from a first ocean passage that […]

18 Bill Biewenga The Devil in the Details It has often been said that the devil is in the details. It’s those same details that will […]

KIDS AND SAILING One of the highlights of our five-year cruise around the world with our two sons Si and Tim happened one night on the […]

Part III: Making sense of emergency rudder options for your boat  (published December 2014) The most harrowing disaster aboard a cruising vessel, short of sinking or […]

How to step from casual cruiser to successful blue water sailor  (published January 2015) Day sailors with big dreams might leaf through the pages of sailing […]

Here’s where to go, when you want to get off the beaten path  (published December 2014) The British Virgin Islands are the most popular charter destination […]