What 20 Years of Chartering the BVI Really Teaches You
A Midwest restaurant owner said yes to a single sailing invitation and spent two decades earning the right to captain his own Fountaine Pajot Isla 40.
A Midwest restaurant owner said yes to a single sailing invitation and spent two decades earning the right to captain his own Fountaine Pajot Isla 40.
Decades after a father first handed his daughter a jib sheet, she returned to the helm with three generations aboard to keep a long-deferred promise.
Once seasick underway it is nearly impossible to reverse. Here is what to take, when to take it and which side of the boat to aim for.
Hybrid drive, a glass coachroof and a full-beam owner’s stateroom in a 52-footer Robertson and Caine built for any cruising life.
Choose people you have traveled with before. Avoid drama queens. And skip the couple you just met at the yacht club cocktail party.
From a sun-scorched school lane in Fakarava to an impromptu story time in The Gambia, books cross every barrier a voyage throws up.
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.
A Midwest restaurant owner said yes to a single sailing invitation and spent two decades earning the right to captain his own Fountaine Pajot Isla 40.
Decades after a father first handed his daughter a jib sheet, she returned to the helm with three generations aboard to keep a long-deferred promise.
Once seasick underway it is nearly impossible to reverse. Here is what to take, when to take it and which side of the boat to aim for.
Hybrid drive, a glass coachroof and a full-beam owner’s stateroom in a 52-footer Robertson and Caine built for any cruising life.
Choose people you have traveled with before. Avoid drama queens. And skip the couple you just met at the yacht club cocktail party.
From a sun-scorched school lane in Fakarava to an impromptu story time in The Gambia, books cross every barrier a voyage throws up.
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.
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