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 […]
Tiny Unmanned Sailboat Makes It Across The Atlantic
A tiny sailboat built by a high school senior from Waterford, CT has successfully traveled thousands of miles from the coast of Cape Cod across the Atlantic […]
Cruising Cuba, A First Timer’s Perspective
Since 1960, and the beginning of the U.S. led trade embargo, Cuba has been largely off limits to Americans. Now that has all changed (published September […]
Emergency Signaling Devices
Today’s sailor has a wide array of devices to call for help in an emergency (published May 2016) Several years ago during the annual Fastnet Race […]
Leaving the Bahamas-Take Bruce or Frank
Deciding the best possible route to leave the Bahamas (published May 2016) As we proceeded south through the Bahamas, we made the inevitable stopover in George […]
Azores Adventure
At 0400 on July 16 the first half of our Atlantic crossing was completed with our landfall at Lajes on Flores Island in the Azores (published […]
A High Wind in Greece
Celador was spending the summer sailing in the Greek islands in the middle of the Aegean Sea. Little did we suspect that this cruise would include […]
The Great Inflatable PFD Debate
Safety at Sea instructor Paul Cunningham helps us to understand the differences between inflatable PFDs, and the pros and cons of manual and auto inflate models. […]
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 […]