The SDSA adopts a new Bermuda strategy to the Caribbean and the Azores. by Bennett Kashdan and Ronna Benjamin. Whether you ...

Many thanks to everyone who took the time to reply to last week’s survey on drinking alcohol while underway or on passage. A whopping 63% say they do not drink or serve alcohol while underway. 22% say ...

Over a long sailing career and with a hundred thousand miles under my keel, I am fortunate to be able to say I’ve never been faced with a man overboard emergency. But, that doesn’t mean it won’t ...

Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply to last week’s survey on fuel use on out boats. 72% of those who replied have calculated their fuel consumption at various RPMs. Asked for engine size ...

Since 1851, before the Civil War, American sailors have held or challenged for the America’s Cup, a sailboat regatta to determine what nation or nation-syndicate is the best in the world. So, it was ...

The spirit of adventure, curiosity, and search for human connections we share with our readers led us to careers in foreign affairs two decades ago. Last year, it inspired us to sail across the North ...

This looks like a repeat of the fable about killing the goose that laid the golden egg. Last July 1, the Bahamas Tourism Board enacted significant increases to all of the fees charged to visiting ...

Well, here’s some good news to share this week. Last Friday, Great Lakes Rigging and Supply announced that it had purchased Tartan Yachts of Plaineville, Ohio from Michael Reardon who had acquired the ...

Last year was terrible for American boat building. The industry was already on life support, particularly the sailing side of the market. So, last spring, when experienced boat builder Michael Reardon ...

We learned last week that old friend Charles Tobias had passed away at his home in Vero Beach, Florida. He was 91. I got to know Charles later in his life when he was living in the BVI and focused on ...

Following the purchase of Catalina and True North Yachts earlier this year by boat building entrepreneur Michael Reardon, the sailing community wondered where the new owner and his team would lead the ...

Florida builder Island Packet Yachts, one of only a few sailboat builders in North America, recently added a new 42-foot motor sailer to their fleet. Designed by IPY founder Bob Johnson and the IPY ...