An electrical fire on a boat is a scary thing and in a marina it can result in multiple boat losses. So it’s no wonder 10-year-old […]
Hero 10-year-old’s Quick Action Avoids Marina Boat Fire
BWS Seminars and Ticket Discounts at Strictly Sail Chicago
Strictly Sail Chicago is the biggest sailboat-only show of the winter. It runs from January 24-27 and is held in the Festival Halls at Chicago’s Navy […]
Vendée Globe: Virbac-Paprec 3 Loses its Keel
At 23.45hrs UTC, while sailing in the third position of the Vendée Globe, about 500 miles northwest of the Cape Verde islands, Jean-Pierre Dick called his […]
Updated: Cruise Ship Rescues French Sailor Alain Delord off Tasmania
A French sailor who had spent three days adrift in a life raft in the Southern Ocean off the coast of Tasmania in Australia has been […]
Update: Desperate Rescue Quest for Sailor in Life aft
Alain Delord, French solo sailor attempting a circumnavigation in his A35 yacht Tchouk Tchouk Nougat, has been dismasted some 400 nm south of Tasmania in the […]
Piracy Report: Not a Single Yacht Attacked in 2012
The Annual Piracy report by the International Maritime Bureau is out, and for the first time in many years, there is not a single report of […]
Attend a Mahina Seminar at the Chicago or Seattle Boat Shows!
Mahina Cruising Seminars at Strictly Sail Chicago Boat Show, Jan. 24-26 and at The Seattle Boat Show, Feb. 1-3 Co-Sponsored by BWS, Cruising Compass & West MarineBWS […]
Deaf Solo Circumnavigator Rolled in Southern Ocean
A Scottish man hoping to become the first deaf yachtsman to sail solo around the world non-stop and unassisted is in Hobart for repairs after his […]
Notorious Somali Pirate Quits: Now is Shipping Safe?
The retirement of the pirate leader Mohamed Abdi Hassan, also known as “Afweyne,” has generated much media coverage, but the real significance of his announcement is […]
Larry Ellison’s Team Oracle USA Convicted, Fined, Suspended
The America’s Cup is known for some risky behavior: high-speed crashes, capsized catamarans, boats floating into the bay unmanned at night. And now you can add espionage to the […]