Your Guide to Safety at Sea
This November, shift your focus to safety at sea. Here are five stories from our archives that will help you keep trouble at bay.
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This November, shift your focus to safety at sea. Here are five stories from our archives that will help you keep trouble at bay.
What should you do if the Coast Guard has to come to the rescue? Coast Guard Captain (ret.) Kip Louttit helped answer this question during CW‘s seminar at the U.S. Sailboat Show.
When their Valiant 40 is dismasted in the South Pacific, the crew has to scramble to jury-rig a substitute spar. Hands-on Sailor from our September 2011 issue.
When their Valiant 40 is dismasted in the South Pacific, the crew has to scramble to jury-rig a substitute spar. Photos by Rebecca Childress. Read the complete story by Patrick Childress here.
US SAILING to conduct independent study on 2011 Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac tragedy.
Having sailed the fraught waters of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden just months before the crew of the U.S.-flagged Quest, the Cap’n reflects on pirates, murder, and good cruising folk.
Are your boat and crew ready for a boarding by the U.S. Coast Guard?
Following along on the journey of Lynn and Chuck Evans aboard the Island Packet 380, Cyan, their recent blog post reports on their landfall in Aden, Yemen.
Hoisting your dinghy out when not in use deters theft and bottom growth.
Throughout many far-ranging adventures, the crew of Wild Card have managed to treat onboard medical emergencies without insurance.
Inexpensive detectors are good insurance when it comes to fire safety on your sailboat.
Determined to lend friends in dire need a helping hand, two sailors instead find only officials with their hands out for gifts.
This November, shift your focus to safety at sea. Here are five stories from our archives that will help you keep trouble at bay.
What should you do if the Coast Guard has to come to the rescue? Coast Guard Captain (ret.) Kip Louttit helped answer this question during CW‘s seminar at the U.S. Sailboat Show.
When their Valiant 40 is dismasted in the South Pacific, the crew has to scramble to jury-rig a substitute spar. Hands-on Sailor from our September 2011 issue.
When their Valiant 40 is dismasted in the South Pacific, the crew has to scramble to jury-rig a substitute spar. Photos by Rebecca Childress. Read the complete story by Patrick Childress here.
US SAILING to conduct independent study on 2011 Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac tragedy.
Having sailed the fraught waters of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden just months before the crew of the U.S.-flagged Quest, the Cap’n reflects on pirates, murder, and good cruising folk.
Are your boat and crew ready for a boarding by the U.S. Coast Guard?
Following along on the journey of Lynn and Chuck Evans aboard the Island Packet 380, Cyan, their recent blog post reports on their landfall in Aden, Yemen.
Hoisting your dinghy out when not in use deters theft and bottom growth.
Throughout many far-ranging adventures, the crew of Wild Card have managed to treat onboard medical emergencies without insurance.
Inexpensive detectors are good insurance when it comes to fire safety on your sailboat.
Determined to lend friends in dire need a helping hand, two sailors instead find only officials with their hands out for gifts.
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