Winning the Jackpot
Several years ago – around 1995, to be exact – I was in Annapolis, Maryland, and decided to take a boat ride from the harbor out to Thomas Point…
Sailing on a Budget
Have you ever dreamed of buying a sailboat and setting off for distant shores and tropical waters? My wife, Lisa, and I have been sailing for over thirty years around…
Staircase to Paradise
What do you say when you leave one group of islands that have registered top of the A-List, only to discover the next group far surpasses? Having departed the…
Yet Another Boat!
After four decades of having many different sailboats, one day I began to think of all of the vessels I’ve owned and realized that I had trouble remembering them…
Virtual Cruising: Young Cruisers’ Association
Have A Seat At Our Table… A magnificently beautiful awakening occurs in a soul when one feels they have been met with acceptance. Some seek it, some offer it,…
Stranded in ÃŽle-Ã -Vache, Haiti
When a winter norther blows through the Bahamas, the northeast trades reach gale force as they funnel through the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti. We were in Santiago de…
Cruising Puerto Rico’s Southern Coast
For the last eleven years, I have run crewed charters aboard Guiding Light, a Lagoon 410, in the Virgin Islands and several years in the Leeward and Windward Islands. In…
A Trip to Mexico
Mexico? It’s a bit of a curve ball from the sticky bottoms of Boot Key Harbor, but spontaneity goes with the sport. The title gives away our landing spot, but…
The Last Rowing Dinghy in the Caribbean
Meet Tanner. She’s a tough girl from Maine, with pretty lines and a determined attitude. A dusty blue color mates her up nicely with her companion Ben-Varrey, our 1969 Luders…
Honoring Those Impacted by Hurricane Ian
Normally, in the What’s Out There section of the magazine, we feature three exciting models of boats and the information you wish to know on them. However, we here at…