Back in the 1960s, the ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson was watching a tragedy unfold in and near Great Island saltmarsh, where the Connecticut River enters Long Island Sound. Just a decade or so earlier he’d counted some 150 osprey nests. By 1965 there were only 13. By 1972, when only a single …
It has been more than three weeks since Jacqueline Lawson last heard from her husband, Donald Lawson, aboard the ORMA 60 trimaran Defiant, which he was solo sailing from Acapulco to the Panama Canal. While the Mexican Navy located the capsized boat, a search has yielded no sign of the sailor. …
Are you happy with your boat? Few of us are, at least not 100%. There’s always something that could be improved or altered. There are also many things you can do to make your boat easier and safer to sail. If you have trouble finding crew, or perhaps you’re not in the first flush of youth and find …