I’ve had a few different relationships with Brian Harris over the years. The first time I encountered him, back in the 1990s, he was running Rumery’s Boat Yard in Biddeford, Maine. A mutual friend had refit an engineless Vineyard Vixen 29 there, and Brian towed us out the Saco River and launched us …
Tomorrow, we sail for Greenland. Falken is parked in St. John’s, Newfoundland, along the bulkhead of the enormous fishing and commercial harbor, tucked as far into the southwest corner as you can get. It’s an industrial place—black, gravelly street grit covers the deck, with no dockside water to …
As the push for more renewable energy grows, the need for high-capacity, long-life battery storage increases. Everybody and their uncle seems to want to transition to lithium batteries onboard, and in most cases, it’s a done deal that lithium is what’s needed to power all of the goodies on new …
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“Have you ever sailed on Lake Erie before?” Fred Hunger asks as he maneuvers his new Tartan 455 Deckhouse Sloop from the slip at the Cleveland Yacht Club on the Rocky River. It’s maybe a quarter mile from the docks to the river’s entrance onto the lake’s southwest corner, denoted by a stone jetty …
This year’s Hospice Cup off Annapolis on September 19 saw 94 racing boats competing on three different courses, a record turnout of participants, and record fundraising to support the four hospice partners: Capital Caring Health, Luminis Health Gilchrist Life Institute, Montgomery Hospice, and …
Next to sailing on a lovely beam reach or watching a sunset across an anchorage at happy hour, stories are the best things about time onboard. Tall tales are usually screwups that live large and get better with the retelling. To protect the (somewhat) innocent, some shouldn’t be told at all. A …
Last year, we reviewed the new Hallberg-Rassy 400 and deemed it one of SAIL’s Top 10 Best Boats for 2023. Interestingly, it came to the U.S. ahead of its immediate predecessor, the center-cockpit 40C, which this year is making its U.S. debut though it was launched ahead of the 400. It’s the same …
Editor’s Note: At 5 a.m. on September 19, 29-year-old Cole Brauer set off alone across the Atlantic. She is completing her final qualifying sail before the start of the Global Solo Challenge. She will begin the race, which has a pursuit start, on October 28 from A Coruña, Spain. Of the 20 skippers, …
The new Italia Yachts 12.98 fits neatly between its big sister, the 14.98, and smaller sibling, the 11.98, in size, design, and purpose. While the bigger 14.98 is geared toward the speed-oriented sailor with luxurious long-term cruising in mind, and the 11.98 is focused more on the racing end of …