Jeanne Socrates has sailed enough ocean miles, 160,000, to circumnavigate the world seven times. Now she wants to establish a new record. Socrates has already been recognized […]
Sailor, 74, Sets Sights On Being Oldest To Sail Solo Non-Stop Around The World
This Couple Balances Work and Play While Cruising The World
“Freedom.” That is how Victoria Fine describes her life.In April, Fine left a big job at Slate to launch her own business, Finally, a growth hacking company […]
Boating part of the “Bloodline” for Elmhurst’s Hansmann family
Five family members and three generations of the Hansmann family completed the 108th Race to Mackinac this summer. When it came time to name his newest […]
Sailing Legend Derek Hatfield Dies Suddenly At 63
Derek Hatfield, a sailing legend who cast fear to the wind to become the first Canadian to complete two solo around-the-world voyages, has died suddenly at […]
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 […]
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 […]
Reef Piloting
Heading to the tropical reef systems of the world is the driving reason for many cruisers. However, when we get among the reef systems of the […]
CAPTAIN’S LOG | APRIL 2016
BWS Turns 20| It is hard to believe that 20 years have passed since Rosie and I, with the help of our two sons Si and […]
CURRENT ISSUE | APRIL 2016
16 Biewenga Offshore Doublehanding for the Distance by Bill Biewenga 24 Living Aboard San Blas Islands When you get a chance to visit the San Blas […]
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. […]