I’ve been waiting since the 1990s, when I developed a crush of sorts on Isabelle Autissier, for a woman to win an around-the-world solo sailing race. A tantalizing prospect! This is the toughest, most extreme sport there is, but it is also that great rarity—a sport where women and men compete …
DetailsSeptember 16 was supposed to be the closing date on the sale of Icebear, our Swan 59. We’d had a contract in place since May with the buyer, a nonprofit that was set to purchase the boat along with the $40,000 entry fee in the retro round-the-world Ocean Globe Race (OGR), which we’d signed up for. …
DetailsSAILTrinidad and Tobago’s strategic geographic location below the hurricane belt positions the country as an attractive location over other territories in the region for storage, repair and maintenance services. During the Atlantic Hurricane Season (June 1 to November 30), some Caribbean islands …
DetailsFeatures include: • Daggerboards for upwind performance • Option for Integrel power generation • Versa-Helm serving upper and protected lower helm When you do multiple boat tests in a short period of time the experiences can blur, so when a design sticks out, you know it’s notable. And the robust …
DetailsYou absolutely cannot make this stuff up! The true story of Thomas Tangvald—born and raised at sea, orphaned in a wreck and cast ashore at age 15—is finding traction with both sailors and land folk fascinated by “the freedom one finds in any life close to nature.” I have many interesting pix that …
DetailsYou climb from your berth and start the stove for coffee, warming the cabin. You check your position, looking out the ports as the sun is about to rise. The pristine forest of an uninhabited island is visible out one port, open water out the other. The great lake, Lake Michigan, is glass. You open …
DetailsLife for enslaved Africans working on early American plantations was bleak, but among the worst atrocities committed during this period was the transatlantic trafficking operation itself. It is difficult to overstate the horrors experienced aboard these ships. By 1814, most nations formally …
DetailsCruising the Maine coast in our own boat has been a long-held dream for me and my wife, Kris. Last summer we made it reality on a four-month cruise aboard Orion, our 1987 Sabre 38, from southwest Florida to Maine and back to Virginia. After traveling the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), which provides …
DetailsCruising the Maine coast in our own boat has been a long-held dream for me and my wife, Kris. Last summer we made it reality on a four-month cruise aboard Orion, our 1987 Sabre 38, from southwest Florida to Maine and back to Virginia. After traveling the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), which provides …
DetailsLast year I was at a wedding of an old friend from high school. Near the end of the night, when the bustle of the evening started to ebb and we had a chance to catch up, he slung an arm around me and said, “Lydia, I’m so proud of you. You are the only person I know who’s doing exactly what they’re …
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