A new set of regulations have been approved by Bora Bora’s local authorities covering the various anchorages around what may be the world’s most iconic and […]
New Anchoring Rules in Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Creative Anchoring Makes for Good Sleeping
(published February 2016) Wind whipped through Portland Island, B.C.’s tall, old growth forest as we hiked away from the anchorage towards the island’s interior. In the […]
Digging Deep
Simple anchoring etiquette makes everyone’s night on the hook happier ever after (published October 2014) Sitting peacefully on anchor, it was impossible not to notice the […]
True Reliability
Where to look when building redundancy into your boat’s systems (published January 2014) Cruising boats are simple but contradictory things: a heap of essential, often complex, […]
The Snubber
A simple piece of cruising equipment with a big job (published September 2013) It was around 3 a.m. and I awoke to a building breeze pushing […]
Finding Refuge
A tale of two approaches to an enchanted Australian cove (published August 2012) It is 140 nautical miles from my home port in Williamstown, at the […]