Blue Water Sailing

Tanna, Vanuatu offers a land of natural wonder and hospitable people  (published September 2013) Active volcanoes, dense forests, pristine bays, rugged mountains, cyclones, earthquakes, ash plains, […]

14 Biewenga Offshore Heading Back to Sea It’s a familiar theme, but as with all long distance passages, there are, and will be, vast differences 18 […]

The new, twin-rudder, racer-cruiser from Turkish builder Sirena has roots in the world of Open Class racing by George Day If you follow the Volvo Ocean […]

Chartering Solves Winter Although I hate to dredge up the memories of the last winter in the Northeast U.S. where we live and publish BWS, I […]

Working with professionals who really understand oceanic weather systems and how sailboats behave at sea makes passagemaking faster, safer and more fun  (pubished July 2015) We […]

Increased performance means paying attention to the little things  (published June 2105) When cruisers think of performance sailing they often think of yachts racing around buoys […]

20  David Burch at the Helm Maintaining a Weather Eye Weather forecasts can be right or wrong, but the sooner you can recognize the difference, the […]

CUBA LIBRE? With the announcement last winter that the U.S. and Cuba were going to start normalizing the relationship between the two countries, all of us […]

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 […]