With a quiet but definite thump, the keel touches bottom. My husband peers at me over the spiderweb of ropes...
No doubt you’ve seen the slogan popularized on t-shirts and wheelhouse coffee mugs: “A collision at sea can ruin your...
In summer, or in the tropics, life aboard a sailboat can be idyllic. You might eat dinner in the cockpit,...
It was a beautiful late summer day in the San Juans when my wife-and-first-mate Peggy and I noticed that tiny...
A good sailor hates loose gear, be it rope, boat hook or bobby pins,” writes Hervey Garrett Smith, author of...
Every boater knows that in polite company, it is best not to discuss politics, religion, or anchors. But rode is...