Lawson Missing Off Mexico Coast

Donald Lawson, who hopes to become the first African American sailor to break a round-the-world nonstop singlehanded speed record, has been reported overdue off the coast of Mexico. He is sailing the 60-foot Ocean Racing Multihull Association class, VPLP-designed trimaran Defiant (formerly Groupama …

Birth of a Sail Loft

I first met Sebastian and Samantha in St. Augustine, Florida, at a meet and greet for cruisers. We had to be the youngest people at the function and certainly the only ones sporting dreadlocks. We were riff-raff sailors on production boats. We were also semi-broke and looking for work. They were …