Blue Water Sailing

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 […]

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 […]

(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. […]

Five bareboat charter destinations you’ll want to visit again and again  (published October 2015) Asking me about my favorite charter destination is like asking for my […]

14 Bill Biewenga Island Bound 18 David Burch GRIB Viewers 22 Cruising Life Pacific Personalities The vast Pacific contains some of the most remote pockets of […]

Beginnings | Every fall, on both coasts of the U.S. and Canada and in Europe, sailors step onto their cruising boats, let loose the docking lines […]

Exploring British Columbia’s Southern Gulf Islands and capital city offers solitude and a lively urban atmosphere  (published August 2015) The strong southerly that had propelled us […]

28 Bill Biewenga Black Clouds on the Horizon 32 Heather Francis Seasickness: suffering sailors and condition 36 World Cruising Cruising the Twelves The Dodecanese Islands of […]

Fitting Out Essentials | When we bought Lime’n five years ago, our intent was to sail the boat south to the Bahamas and Caribbean from Newport […]

Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay has been a hot bed of sailing, racing and boatbuilding for hundreds of years. The bay is the home to the Herreshoff […]