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Last summer Raymarine rolled out the beta version of the new Lighthouse software for their Axiom multifunction displays that was created specifically for sailors who cruise […]

Problems come in assorted flavors. When they strike your steering system, you need to have a backup plan that will work. Lashing the head door to […]

Having made the passage from Newport to the Caribbean dozens of times, the author skippers a big Swan in the NARC one last time and reflects […]

When compared to other tropical cruising paradises, French Polynesia is the least likely to suffer hurricanes or cyclones  (published March 2018) After the devastating 2017 hurricane […]

After a lightning strike, we had to replace all of our electronics-it was an eye opening task  (published January/February 2018) A couple of years ago we […]

Today’s multi-function displays (MFDs) do so much more than manage charts  (published April 2017) If the engine is the boat’s brawn, the multi-function display (MFD) is […]

After nine years at sea, we are proof that a cruising sailboat is a maintenance treadmill. But occasionally there is equipment we replace because newer, better […]

All of the weather forecasts from multiple sources indicated a likely and potentially dangerous passage. The real question was whether or not we would have the […]

How to plan a fall passage from the East Coast to the tropics  (published September 2016) Several falls ago, I found myself aboard Peter Johnstone’s 68-foot […]

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 […]