Public-Private Partnership Lifts New Leadership 44
Its not often that the sail-training program at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., incites envy among the midshipman at...
Aegean SPOT Distress Signal Details Emerge
If you recently bought a SPOT Connect for its distress calling capability, or are looking at similar satellite messaging devices such as the SPOT...
All Sailboats Great and Small
Each time I put together the lineup for an issue of Practical Sailor, I try to envision a sailing club with our subscribers...
Incommunicado in the Satellite Age
Simultaneous to these emails, Frank was cheerfully updating breadcrumb tracks uploaded from his Briatech Cerberus, anothersatellite-based messenger/tracker designed to antagonize the office-bound. By...
Volvo Race Village Flops in Miami
The venue might have been half-pleasant had the hosts or organizers gone to the trouble of trucking in some shade, a few more...
San Fran ‘Stand-down’ = Government Meddling?
The Coast Guards call to stand-down and suspend any offshore racing outside San Francisco Bay in the wake of last months tragedy...
Around the Americas in a 27-foot Sailboat
I recently read an essay that compared sailing to tennis, two sports that I enjoy, but are as different as they come. The...
Chapter 11 Filing “A Good Thing” for Hunter
And all the while, Hunter has been trying to recover ground lost to market leader Beneteau, whose dominance in the charterboat market...
FCC Approves New AIS Distress Device
A little over a week after one of this countrys most tragic man-overboard incidents in recent U.S. sailboat-racing history, we got news that...
Tragedy Strikes Farallones Race
Summer has yet to begin, and yet our hopes and prayers for a safe 2012 sailing season in North America have been shattered. Five...
Tayana 37: What You Should Know | Boat Review
Looking to buy a 35-40 foot sailboat? Considering a Tayana 37? See a Tayana 37 for sale? What are the pros and cons of...
