South America
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March 19, 2012Matt Rutherford UpdateWhat does a sailor look like after more than 260 days at sea? Check out this (very) quick video of the solo sailor taken during his resupply off Recife, Brazil.
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November 30, 2011Voyage to the Jungles of GuyanaThe schooner Anne departs for a six-month voyage through the jungles of South America, the Caribbean, and back to its home base of New York City.
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November 28, 2011St. Thomas to Rio (1987)The passage from the Caribbean to Brazil was perhaps the most arduous of all for the crew aboard Cloud Nine.
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October 25, 2011In Darwin's WakeIn this book excerpt from Herb McCormick's One Island, One Ocean—the story of the 2009-2010 Around the Americas expedition—the crew of Ocean Watch calls at the fragile, challenged, and astounding Galápagos Islands.
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March 15, 2011Think Outside the Can! 2Necessity is indeed the mother of invention, and it prompted this cruising cook to look at canned corned beef in a whole new light.
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March 15, 2011Cricket Diplomacy AbroadFeeding the boat’s pet gecko leads to an unexpected cultural exchange.
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March 10, 2011Filling in TimeWith diapers to wash and bedtime stories to read, novels and boat projects may get neglected, and that’s OK.
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January 11, 2011Interlude on the OrinocoIn the vast Venezuelan delta south of bustling, crowded Trinidad lie the distinct sounds and sights of the jungle.
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December 28, 2010Resting on the Rio DulceSometimes it's hard to stop sailing, even for hurricane season, but fellow cruisers can make it a whole lot easier.
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October 6, 2010Information OverloadToo much detail can sometimes be exactly that: Too much. From "Osprey's Flight" from our August 2010 issue
Electronic Updates
DeLorme just started shipping a new 1.5 version of the inReach satellite messenger, tracker, and distress device that works with an Apple iOS version of the Earthmate app as well as an improved Android version. I again participated in the Beta testing and, though almost all of that was ashore, I'm even more convinced that inReach is going to become a constant cruising companion on Gizmo and many other boats. It's hard to say whether some improvements are due to the new hardware or the new ...
