Weather

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 […]

Technically the hurricane season is behind us. The reality is that while some of the devastation remains in some places, the weather will be idyllic in […]

Cruising sailor, yacht broker, surveyor and author Todd Duff was there and so was the Amel 53 Ocean Life that he used to live aboard  (published […]

The numbers aren’t all in yet, but we already know that one year does not necessarily make a trend  (published Nov/Dec 2017) For many, the hurricane […]

Daylight lengthens, and rumor has it that the weather is getting warmer further to the north. It’s time to leave the tropics in favor of northern […]

Weather can change in the blink of an eye or slowly over time. But if you sail often enough and long enough, sooner or later you […]

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 […]

Tropical weather systems, and hurricanes in particular, have their own idiosyncrasies. Understanding them can help us deal with them more effectively. Misunderstanding them can be a […]

Where do you hide when summer storms threaten?  (published September 2016) If you need a seasonal respite from cruising, the lovely island of Grenada is just […]

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 […]