
Cast Off to Blast Off
An analog astronaut crew sails a 43-year-old gaff schooner 1,200 miles to SpaceX’s Starbase, to prove the sea is a viable training ground for Mars.

An analog astronaut crew sails a 43-year-old gaff schooner 1,200 miles to SpaceX’s Starbase, to prove the sea is a viable training ground for Mars.

Legend Gary Jobson shares how to combine modern apps, traditional barometers, and cloud patterns for safer coastal sailing.

After a harrowing dismasting off Cape Horn, US Marine veteran Ronnie Simpson prepares for the 2027 Global Solo Challenge.

A troop of young sailors trades their smartphones for sunsets, teamwork, and seamanship during a weeklong Florida Keys trek.

Modern electronics are wonderful until they quit. Here’s why old-school tools still keep sailors safe at sea.

Belgian skipper completes east-to-west crossing in 24 days in a Mini 6.50, becoming the first from Belgium to hold a transatlantic world record.

Jimmy Cornell reflects on a lifetime of inventive, cautious and sometimes unconventional solutions at sea.

A rare offshore passage along Australia’s Queensland coast delivers one of sailing’s perfect days: fast, balanced, and unforgettable.

Elite RORC Transatlantic navigators explain how trade winds, squalls and positioning lessons apply directly to offshore cruising passages.

The British sailor is honored for more than five decades of long-distance voyaging aboard small, simply built junk-rigged boats.

Quentin Debois departs Cadiz on Jan. 6 aiming to break the solo east to west Atlantic record on a Mini 6.50.

A two-summer-long expedition to Canada’s easternmost provinces tested five boats and their crews while uncovering the area’s remote beauty.

An analog astronaut crew sails a 43-year-old gaff schooner 1,200 miles to SpaceX’s Starbase, to prove the sea is a viable training ground for Mars.

Legend Gary Jobson shares how to combine modern apps, traditional barometers, and cloud patterns for safer coastal sailing.

After a harrowing dismasting off Cape Horn, US Marine veteran Ronnie Simpson prepares for the 2027 Global Solo Challenge.

A troop of young sailors trades their smartphones for sunsets, teamwork, and seamanship during a weeklong Florida Keys trek.

Modern electronics are wonderful until they quit. Here’s why old-school tools still keep sailors safe at sea.

Belgian skipper completes east-to-west crossing in 24 days in a Mini 6.50, becoming the first from Belgium to hold a transatlantic world record.

Jimmy Cornell reflects on a lifetime of inventive, cautious and sometimes unconventional solutions at sea.

A rare offshore passage along Australia’s Queensland coast delivers one of sailing’s perfect days: fast, balanced, and unforgettable.

Elite RORC Transatlantic navigators explain how trade winds, squalls and positioning lessons apply directly to offshore cruising passages.

The British sailor is honored for more than five decades of long-distance voyaging aboard small, simply built junk-rigged boats.

Quentin Debois departs Cadiz on Jan. 6 aiming to break the solo east to west Atlantic record on a Mini 6.50.

A two-summer-long expedition to Canada’s easternmost provinces tested five boats and their crews while uncovering the area’s remote beauty.
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