How to Sail the Thorny Path, Without the Thorns
Routing software helps, but thinking several legs ahead is what turns the Thorny Path from a bash into a reach.
Routing software helps, but thinking several legs ahead is what turns the Thorny Path from a bash into a reach.
After 40 years tracking global yacht movements, Cornell names the six factors that decide whether a world voyage succeeds.
Jamie Gifford sailed a Stevens 47 into 53 anchorages last year and learned what it really takes to make routing software work.
Crew readiness, boat prep, safety culture and pacing took one family from Mexico to French Polynesia aboard a Stevens 47.
From Virginia to Antigua on an Allures 45.9, Jill Gallin traded impostor syndrome for sea legs 750 miles offshore.
Lobster pots, fog and rocky anchorages sound terrifying, until a first-timer learns the system and slows everything down.
A son reflects on a century of life, a lifetime of ocean miles, and a father who led by letting you figure it out.
Four hours on, four hours off is the classic model, but the best watch system is the one your crew can actually sustain.
From drifting anchorless overnight to dragging toward a buddy boat at 1 a.m., the blunders that made me better at sailing.
Leaving your boat unattended for months demands careful preparation, and a willingness to accept what you can’t control.
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.
Routing software helps, but thinking several legs ahead is what turns the Thorny Path from a bash into a reach.
After 40 years tracking global yacht movements, Cornell names the six factors that decide whether a world voyage succeeds.
Jamie Gifford sailed a Stevens 47 into 53 anchorages last year and learned what it really takes to make routing software work.
Crew readiness, boat prep, safety culture and pacing took one family from Mexico to French Polynesia aboard a Stevens 47.
From Virginia to Antigua on an Allures 45.9, Jill Gallin traded impostor syndrome for sea legs 750 miles offshore.
Lobster pots, fog and rocky anchorages sound terrifying, until a first-timer learns the system and slows everything down.
A son reflects on a century of life, a lifetime of ocean miles, and a father who led by letting you figure it out.
Four hours on, four hours off is the classic model, but the best watch system is the one your crew can actually sustain.
From drifting anchorless overnight to dragging toward a buddy boat at 1 a.m., the blunders that made me better at sailing.
Leaving your boat unattended for months demands careful preparation, and a willingness to accept what you can’t control.
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.
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