Sailing Totem: Unicorns and Dragons—Confessions of an Amateur Weather Router
Getting caught in bad weather due to misjudging a forecast or failing to read conditions—common errors for new cruisers—can kill the dream.
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Getting caught in bad weather due to misjudging a forecast or failing to read conditions—common errors for new cruisers—can kill the dream.
For over three decades, the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers has been a part of the transatlantic experience for sailors, and the destination—St. Lucia—the launching point for tropical cruising dreams.
Located south of the “hurricane box,” Grenada has long been a cruiser hangout for hurricane season. Due to COVID, this year’s experience is a bit different.
For cruisers who were voyaging far from home this past spring, COVID lockdowns presented a new set of hurdles.
The fall rally to the Caribbean is on!
Friendly residents and charm galore keep cruisers coming back to this tiny island off the coast of Belize.
As the coronavirus shut down the Caribbean, volunteers retooled their annual northbound rally to face the crisis head-on.
Dream Yacht Charter will now offer crewed and bareboat sailing vacations from the U.S. Virgin Islands.
On a passage from Grenada to the US Virgin Islands during the coronavirus pandemic, this veteran voyager takes the time to appreciate the joy and solitude of being offshore.
Here’s what to know about cruising the Bahamas in 2020.
After a devastating blow in Hurricane Irma, the Alden-designed Charm III was all set for the bash from Anguilla to the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta. Or was she?
Of all the places we have visited, to me, the island of Barbuda has felt like the most far-flung and unspoiled.
Getting caught in bad weather due to misjudging a forecast or failing to read conditions—common errors for new cruisers—can kill the dream.
For over three decades, the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers has been a part of the transatlantic experience for sailors, and the destination—St. Lucia—the launching point for tropical cruising dreams.
Located south of the “hurricane box,” Grenada has long been a cruiser hangout for hurricane season. Due to COVID, this year’s experience is a bit different.
For cruisers who were voyaging far from home this past spring, COVID lockdowns presented a new set of hurdles.
The fall rally to the Caribbean is on!
Friendly residents and charm galore keep cruisers coming back to this tiny island off the coast of Belize.
As the coronavirus shut down the Caribbean, volunteers retooled their annual northbound rally to face the crisis head-on.
Dream Yacht Charter will now offer crewed and bareboat sailing vacations from the U.S. Virgin Islands.
On a passage from Grenada to the US Virgin Islands during the coronavirus pandemic, this veteran voyager takes the time to appreciate the joy and solitude of being offshore.
Here’s what to know about cruising the Bahamas in 2020.
After a devastating blow in Hurricane Irma, the Alden-designed Charm III was all set for the bash from Anguilla to the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta. Or was she?
Of all the places we have visited, to me, the island of Barbuda has felt like the most far-flung and unspoiled.
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