
The Sailor Who Brought Cruisers University Full Circle
From Thistle racing on the Great Lakes to directing IBEX, Patty Lawrence found her way back to her people at Cruisers University.

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.

The ARC founder’s High Latitude Challenge links the Antarctic Peninsula to the Northwest Passage in a 24,250-mile rolling event.

The amateur dropping anchor on a neighbor, the expert who arrives first and the old salt who can fix anything already aboard.

A Grand Soleil 39, two surfer sons, a Peace Corps past and a no-plan plan that has kept the Cross family moving since 2019.

Sometimes the only way to catch up with ourselves is to stop racing the clock and start living at the pace of the wind.

Richard and Ali Hadida set sail around the world with a toddler aboard an Oyster 885—before the window closes for good.

On a 5,000-mile passage from South America to the Caribbean, six kids and a broken spreader bar changed everything.

A son reflects on a century of life, a lifetime of ocean miles, and a father who led by letting you figure it out.

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.

The ARC founder’s High Latitude Challenge links the Antarctic Peninsula to the Northwest Passage in a 24,250-mile rolling event.

The amateur dropping anchor on a neighbor, the expert who arrives first and the old salt who can fix anything already aboard.

A Grand Soleil 39, two surfer sons, a Peace Corps past and a no-plan plan that has kept the Cross family moving since 2019.

Sometimes the only way to catch up with ourselves is to stop racing the clock and start living at the pace of the wind.

Richard and Ali Hadida set sail around the world with a toddler aboard an Oyster 885—before the window closes for good.

On a 5,000-mile passage from South America to the Caribbean, six kids and a broken spreader bar changed everything.

A son reflects on a century of life, a lifetime of ocean miles, and a father who led by letting you figure it out.
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