The First-Light Watch and Why It Tops Every Other One
Before the crew wakes and before the sun arrives, there is a window offshore that belongs to the sailor standing the dawn watch alone.
Before the crew wakes and before the sun arrives, there is a window offshore that belongs to the sailor standing the dawn watch alone.
Assign duties before you get there, drop the headsail before the turn and keep the crew off the bow. The rest is just practice.
From BVI mooring balls to Exumas dead reckoning, matching your skill to the right sailing ground makes or breaks a bareboat charter.
Huntington Lake in the Sierra Nevada draws racers from across the country with winds that rival coastal sailing on a good afternoon.
More crowds, more fees, more commercialism. As soon as the marina falls astern, the things that matter about cruising are unchanged.
Underwater sculptures, award-winning rainforest gardens and the Caribbean art of liming: Grenada rewards sailors who go ashore.
Someone else’s watermaker. Someone else’s work list. Seven days where the only job is sailing and the horizon belongs to you.
Before the crew wakes and before the sun arrives, there is a window offshore that belongs to the sailor standing the dawn watch alone.
Assign duties before you get there, drop the headsail before the turn and keep the crew off the bow. The rest is just practice.
From BVI mooring balls to Exumas dead reckoning, matching your skill to the right sailing ground makes or breaks a bareboat charter.
Huntington Lake in the Sierra Nevada draws racers from across the country with winds that rival coastal sailing on a good afternoon.
More crowds, more fees, more commercialism. As soon as the marina falls astern, the things that matter about cruising are unchanged.
Underwater sculptures, award-winning rainforest gardens and the Caribbean art of liming: Grenada rewards sailors who go ashore.
Someone else’s watermaker. Someone else’s work list. Seven days where the only job is sailing and the horizon belongs to you.
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