After a full day ashore hiking, exploring, and stopping off at a beach bar, I watch the sunset on the anchorage. I’ve always loved how it looks like a field of stars at night, its own constellations changing as the wind oscillates. Hopping into my dinghy, it’s easy to see that some of these …
DetailsA dark cloud has been hanging over Starlink antennas lately. Sailors around the world have been bypassing the $5,000 per month maritime version of Elon Musk’s new satellite internet system and instead have been enjoying great success with the $150 per month RV version of the system. The inexpensive …
DetailsAfter selling more than 200 Hanse 460s in just a few years, Hanse is rolling out the big sister to this popular mid-sized model—the 510. Designed by Berret-Racoupeau, the design brief focused on fast, comfortable cruising and easy sailing. Performance is enhanced by the wave-piercing reverse bow …
DetailsIt’s fall, and in my neck of the woods (the East Coast and, specifically, the Chesapeake Bay), that brings several rites of seasonal passage. After a long, hot summer, the sailing is perfect with cool, breezy days, crystal clear nights, and quieter anchorages. Overhead, Canada geese are flying in …
DetailsIt had been five years and nearly 35,000 nautical miles of hard sailing—including three years in Antarctica and Chile—when we finally turned north for the Caribbean. We were ready for a change and the chance to swim in warm, crystal clear, blue waters again, and it was time to get Zephyros, our …
DetailsMaking it to the starting line of a nonstop global circumnavigation is never a simple matter, no matter who you are and where you come from. But for Ronnie Simpson, who on October 28 will join a handful of other sailors leaving A Coruña, Spain, for their start in the Global Solo Challenge, it will …
DetailsOK, this looks wicked clever, and we can’t wait to try it out. We always need a boathook, right? And we always need to conserve space on a sailboat. Enter the Revolve Rollable Boat Hook, which earned a special mention at the DAME Design Awards at the annual METS show last fall. Made of rollable …
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DetailsOceanPoint Marine Lending is the destination for watercraft enthusiasts looking for an experienced loan originator. As a division of BankNewport, OceanPoint Marine Lending’s team is eager to help its clients realize their dreams of boat ownership. One key differentiator for OceanPoint Marine …
DetailsYou might think that watching invasive surgery on a dated fiberglass sailboat week in and week out would be just about the last thing to draw people’s devoted attention. But Matt Steverson, 38, and Janneke Petersen, 36, who are rebuilding the Open 60 Duracell, are proving that assumption wrong. …
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