Employing Coppercoat in the quest for the perfect bottom job (published December 2012) The restoration and refit of our Pearson 424, Regina Oceani, has a focus […]
Bottoms Up!
The Experts Weigh In
BWS authors share their favorite safety and communication gear (published September 2012) Without question, our most valuable and useful piece of electronics is an ICOM 802 […]
A Dangerous Game
Weather routing is a bit of a chess game against the weather-at times, it can be more dangerous than you’d like (published September 2012) It’s a […]
BWS Picks: The Best Destinations for Long Weekend Charters
With time at a premium for many sailors, we present six perfectly accessible areas for a weekend of cruising around the watery borders of the U.S. […]
Weather Wizardry
Sailing season is the time to be aware, and the place to start is www.weather4sailors.com (published May 2009) We’ve all seen the headlines and read the […]
Mexico’s Costa Alegre
Cruising the “Gold Coast” (published April 2012) The Pacific coast of Mexico stretches for hundreds of miles, but the prime cruising ground is a short 50-mile […]
Portobelo, Panama
9°33’N 79°39’W (published March 2012) Mention Panama to a typical cruiser and they’ll usually think of the Panama Canal, the San Blas Islands or Bocas del […]
I See a Miracle
Why don’t sailors sail anymore? (published March 2012) Nassau, 0900 hours. After picking up Curt Hewett, who will help me during the offshore passage to North […]
Food Heresy Offshore
(published March 2012) When provisioning for our recent (and first) trans-Atlantic voyage on Equilibre, our Catana 381 catamaran, I did the usual due diligence by reading […]
Know Your Limits!
The invisible lines on the water that affect your rights underway (published March 2012) Mariners who sail both U.S. inland and coastal waters are required to […]