Five ways to make the signal you transmit from your SSB clearer and more reliable (published February 2015) We were on a passage from the Canary […]
5 Single Sideband Tips
Comms for Cruisers
For offshore sailors, here are three modern communication solutions for three different budgets (published February 2015) Skippers and their crews headed offshore should take their onboard […]
Mopelia
History and hospitality on this South Pacific tropical gem (published February 2015) Of all the islands in the South Pacific I’ve sailed to since 1974, tiny […]
A Passage for the Birds
Tenaya shares the seas with flying friends while heading from PNG to Palau (published February 2015) Maybe the sky knows this is our last night in […]
Daring the Dangerous Archipelago
Cruising the atolls of Tuamotu brings spectacular marine life and scenery, as well as fickle and potentially unfriendly passes (published February 2015) Steve and I stood […]
Jade Harbor
Prince William Sound, Alaska (published January 2015) While crossing the Gulf of Alaska, I’d eagerly anticipated nosing up to Columbia Glacier at the head of Prince […]
Roger Dodger
How I upgraded our dodger with the generous help of friends and fellow cruisers (published January 2015) While sailing close hauled into a steep chop created […]
The Queen Goes Digital
How we assissted, purchased and upgraded our electronics with the past, present and future in mind (published January 2015) After three and a half years in […]
Self-Steering Matters
Part III: Making sense of emergency rudder options for your boat (published December 2014) The most harrowing disaster aboard a cruising vessel, short of sinking or […]
Self-Steering Matters
Part II: Calibrating your windvane for top performance (published November 2014) You are sailing just fine somewhere over the briny blue when you notice something is […]