Cruising News

As well prepared sailors, we often consider how best to prepare the boat, get ready for spring launch, put her away for the winter, or where […]

(published September 2017) It’s June and I’m cold. A heavy rain pelts my black Musto jacket and I pull the brim of the hood down slightly […]

Puerto Bahia Marina, Samana, Dominican Republic (published September 2017) Nestled on the north side of Samana Bay, on the eastern end of the Dominican Republic (DR) […]

Mahina Tiare and her crew sail in some of the North Atlantic’s most remote and beautiful islands  (published September 2017) Our Leg 4 crew joined us […]

Cruising American Samoa is not as impossible as it seems  (published September 2017) It appeared that we were victors and victims of that strange luck, circumstance: […]

Cruising south through the tall Caribbean islands that kiss the clouds  (September 2017) When I retired five years ago my wife Brenda and I headed out […]

(published August 2017) As we slowly rounded the rocky headland crowned with feathery pines, picturesque Poros town slowly revealed itself, taking my breath away. The terracotta […]

Legend has it that once you visit Poros you will always return  (published August 2017) The azure sea was smooth as satin, touching the infinite sky […]

Five offshore adventures that will build your blue water skills and may change your life  (published August 2017) There is no better way to build the […]

For cruisers who like to scuba dive, the Dutch islands in the southern Caribbean offer some of the world’s best and least crowded dive sites  (published […]