
Navio Lento: The Case for Sailing Slowly
When the destination stops being the point, the passage becomes something else entirely and the sailing finally makes complete sense.

When the destination stops being the point, the passage becomes something else entirely and the sailing finally makes complete sense.

Created in memory of Whitbread and America’s Cup veteran Gloria Borrego. Deadline is December 15.

Tom Puchner and Sonja Napetschnig built the Coral Sailors Initiative to turn cruising snorkelers into reef scientists.

Reflecting on why professional detachment fails at boat shows in Cannes, Newport and Annapolis.

A social media note from a 1976 Poole harbor encounter sends Lin Pardey back through three guest books and 240,000 miles of faces.

From a sun-scorched school lane in Fakarava to an impromptu story time in The Gambia, books cross every barrier a voyage throws up.

South around Greenland, east along the Russian coast and through the Northwest Passage before Baffin Bay closes: 90 days, solo.

From Thistle racing on the Great Lakes to directing IBEX, Patty Lawrence found her way back to her people at Cruisers University.

Nim Marsh ran ragtag Narragansett Bay rallies, wrote poetic offshore stories and left Cruising World better each time he arrived.

John Rousmaniere, author of Fastnet, Force 10 and the Annapolis Book of Seamanship, died Aug. 8 at 82, leaving behind 40 books and a lifetime devoted to safety at sea.

Dan and Fran Simpson traded ducks, goats and a pediatrician’s salary for a catamaran and a heading for New Zealand via the ARC+ rally.

Average over peak speed and 40-minute naps: what clean sailing looks like across 4,466 solo miles from Cadiz to the Bahamas.

When the destination stops being the point, the passage becomes something else entirely and the sailing finally makes complete sense.

Created in memory of Whitbread and America’s Cup veteran Gloria Borrego. Deadline is December 15.

Tom Puchner and Sonja Napetschnig built the Coral Sailors Initiative to turn cruising snorkelers into reef scientists.

Reflecting on why professional detachment fails at boat shows in Cannes, Newport and Annapolis.

A social media note from a 1976 Poole harbor encounter sends Lin Pardey back through three guest books and 240,000 miles of faces.

From a sun-scorched school lane in Fakarava to an impromptu story time in The Gambia, books cross every barrier a voyage throws up.

South around Greenland, east along the Russian coast and through the Northwest Passage before Baffin Bay closes: 90 days, solo.

From Thistle racing on the Great Lakes to directing IBEX, Patty Lawrence found her way back to her people at Cruisers University.

Nim Marsh ran ragtag Narragansett Bay rallies, wrote poetic offshore stories and left Cruising World better each time he arrived.

John Rousmaniere, author of Fastnet, Force 10 and the Annapolis Book of Seamanship, died Aug. 8 at 82, leaving behind 40 books and a lifetime devoted to safety at sea.

Dan and Fran Simpson traded ducks, goats and a pediatrician’s salary for a catamaran and a heading for New Zealand via the ARC+ rally.

Average over peak speed and 40-minute naps: what clean sailing looks like across 4,466 solo miles from Cadiz to the Bahamas.
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