The onboard medical kit (published February 2016) After a few days ashore at a new destination everyone falls ill with a terrible flu. Is there enough […]
Saving Lives at Sea
Delphia 40.3
Built in Poland, the Delphia 40.3 is a classic cruising sloop that can be configured in many ways to suit each buyer’s needs (published January 2016) […]
Nowhere Else
Still sailing the same silent sea. Photos by Nancy Krill (published January 2016) “So you didn’t go anywhere this season…you only cruised Alaska”, is a refrain […]
Reef Piloting
Heading to the tropical reef systems of the world is the driving reason for many cruisers. However, when we get among the reef systems of the […]
Searching for Solitude in Bocas Del Toro
Exploration of the islands of Bocas del Toro, Panama (published January 2016) The outboard cut out just after we left the dock and crept the dinghy […]
Night Eyes
Never enter an unfamiliar port at night (published January 2016) That’s the rule. Or at least that’s the rule for many passagemakers and coastal cruisers. And […]
Just Sail the Boat
(published December 2015) I was on the dock casting off lines when Jill put the engine in reverse. Then, when she powered up to back us […]
Caribbean Escape
This winter, escape the ice and snow by jetting south to the Caribbean for a week or two of charter. There is nothing like a week […]
Fitting Out
Readying a small boat for a Pacific crossing (published December 2015) Outfitting a boat for an ocean crossing is no easy task. Like so many aspects […]
Places No One Ever Goes
The second part of Barbara and Bram’s exploration of little-known islands (published December 2015) Four to five knots moving along pleasantly, a fine day of sailing. […]