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Boats and Their People: Daniel Hays and Sparrow
Daniel Hays, at age 63, is now almost 10 years older than his father David was when they sailed around Cape Horn together in a tiny 25-foot cutter named Sparrow. That was back in the mid-1980s. They co-wrote a book about their adventure and spent seven years pitching it. When finally it was ...
Cruising Tips: Wiring Checks and New Sextants
Running out of fuel or losing the engine by way of filters blocked with dirty diesel is bad enough, but ending up with an engine full of water transforms a serious nuisance into a catastrophe. One can lead to the other surprisingly easily. Cooling water exits the heat exchanger via the exhaust pipe ...
Sailing Against the Storm
I lay in my suspended bunk and waited for the next wave to lift me up and slam me down onto the hard bench below. It was the middle of the night and about 12 hours into what would turn out to be a 36-hour low pressure system. The winds from the northeast were testing […]
A Charter in Corsica
You may know Corsica as the island just north of Sardinia in the Mediterranean where, in August 2022, a violent derecho swept through with 140-mile-per-hour winds, tossing boats onto beaches like so much kindling and wreaking havoc across the island. The weather was unprecedented, but you could ...
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Year 38, the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers
You could argue that best thing about the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) isn’t really the camaraderie, the energy, or even the excitement of taking on the big challenge of a transatlantic passage. It’s possible that next to the sailing itself, the best thing is the stories. It’s the way that ...
Cruising: Lake Huron’s North Channel
We were anchored at the end of a narrow bay under glittering pink granite cliffs. A whiff of pine scented the air. From Belamies, our PDQ 36 catamaran, I swam ashore in the clear water. Lying on a rocky slab warmed by the sun, I closed my eyes and listened to ripples slap at my […]
Weather Window: Pre-Frontal Troughs
Most sailors are well attuned to keeping an eye out for cold fronts, which can bring nasty, squally weather with strong winds and large seas. But there are times when the worst weather actually comes ahead of the cold front, and that’s when a pre-frontal trough is present. Sometimes, a pre-frontal ...
From the Editor: Humble Pie
Maybe you’ll remember back in 2014 when the Volvo 65 Team Vestas Wind, racing in the Volvo Ocean Race, slammed into the Cargados Carajos Shoals in the Indian Ocean in the middle of the night. Miraculously no one was killed or injured, but the boat was a total wreck, and the reef didn’t fare much […]
At the Helm: Don’t Flog, Just Reef
“Why didn’t he point the boat into the wind to raise/lower the main to avoid tangling in the lazyjacks?” Ah, the comments section on YouTube. Normally maybe not the most productive place to spend an afternoon, but today it’s inspired me. James the Sailor Man, solo Alberg 30 sailor of YouTube fame, ...

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