From the Farm Life to the ARC+ on an Elba 45
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.
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.
A spinnaker run into Opua and a winter series in Gibraltar proved local regattas are the fastest route into any sailing community.
Everything deferred last fall comes due when the hull hits the water. Here is how to settle the account before the slings move.
Average over peak speed and 40-minute naps: what clean sailing looks like across 4,466 solo miles from Cadiz to the Bahamas.
The amateur dropping anchor on a neighbor, the expert who arrives first and the old salt who can fix anything already aboard.
From foul-weather gear off Virginia to barefoot in Antigua, a meridian passage makes distance something you can actually touch.
A Cal 40, an ORC 50 and a Grand Soleil 43 prove that the same boat can win offshore races and anchor somewhere worth the detour.
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.
Routing software helps, but thinking several legs ahead is what turns the Thorny Path from a bash into a reach.
From a headstay failure near Newport to a tangled halyard at dusk, offshore racing delivers its education without apology.
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.
A spinnaker run into Opua and a winter series in Gibraltar proved local regattas are the fastest route into any sailing community.
Everything deferred last fall comes due when the hull hits the water. Here is how to settle the account before the slings move.
Average over peak speed and 40-minute naps: what clean sailing looks like across 4,466 solo miles from Cadiz to the Bahamas.
The amateur dropping anchor on a neighbor, the expert who arrives first and the old salt who can fix anything already aboard.
From foul-weather gear off Virginia to barefoot in Antigua, a meridian passage makes distance something you can actually touch.
A Cal 40, an ORC 50 and a Grand Soleil 43 prove that the same boat can win offshore races and anchor somewhere worth the detour.
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.
Routing software helps, but thinking several legs ahead is what turns the Thorny Path from a bash into a reach.
From a headstay failure near Newport to a tangled halyard at dusk, offshore racing delivers its education without apology.
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