Sunsail Sailing Vacations
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March 6, 2012Jeanneau Lays Claim to the Bitter EndTrade winds greet owners as they explore the B.V.I.
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January 6, 2012New Bases and Boats are AnnouncedThe latest news and notes on sailing-vacation opportunities from MarineMax Vacations, Sunsail, Sailtime and Hunter Marine, and more. "Chartering Notes" from our January 2012 issue.
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August 11, 2011Four Easy Trips: Bahamas/AbacosEnjoy azure seas and secluded villages as you sail and explore the popular destination of Abaco Island in the Bahamas.
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August 1, 2011Malo Lelei, TongaGreeted by a cyclone and blown away by the sailing, charterers revel amid the islands, reefs, and people they encounter in this South Pacific kingdom.
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July 22, 2011Tonga GalleryThe Kingdom of Tonga is an island nation blessed with aqua water, blue skies, and people who earned it the name, The Friendly Islands.
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February 3, 2011Queensland and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef 1Explore the islands down under. October 14 to 24, 2011
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January 24, 2011Waitin' on WilmaWhat’s a little cyclone when the green islands and blue waters of Tonga lie waitng.
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March 12, 2009Doing The Bahamas on a (Tight) Family BudgetFamily vacations don't come cheap, or easy, nowadays, but our family bareboat charter in the Bahamas' Abaco Islands last summer gave me the ultimate test of living the champagne charter lifestyle on a beer budget. In the end, a boatful of seven (four adults and three hungry kids) enjoyed nine days of tropical living for less than $200 per person, per day (good luck finding that at any all-inclusive family resort!).
Electronic Updates
I've corresponded with Eric Steinberg for years -- and wrote about some of his offshore racing electronics ideas in 2010 -- but what a pleasure it was to meet him in San Diego. Aside from overseeing Farallon Electronics and IstarGPS, he is now Director of Electronics Systems for the Americas Cup Race Management and hence responsible for nav, comms, and race management tech on some 29 support vessels. Yet it was Eric who took the time to patiently explain the many-layered systems that I ...
