Summer Reads for Sailors
In Peter I. Berman’s “Outfitting the Offshore Cruising Sailboat” (Paradise Publications, 2011, $20, not available in electronic or audio format), Berman details how to...
Holiday Gift Ideas
November and its cooler temperatures herald several things for sailors—the end of sailing season for those in the north and the start of race...
The Cruise of Mascot
Ninety-nine years ago last month, Henry M. Plummer, his adult son, Henry Jr., and a cat named Scotty set out from Massachusetts, bound for...
Practical Sailor’s Picks for Fireside Reading
January and February are often the hardest months for sailors in the U.S. Freezing weather and short days limit our sailing adventures to those...
Mailport: March 2010
Another sailboat owners’ group that should be added to your list of boat owners’ websites ("Website Roundup," January 2010) is the Friendship Sloop Society:...
Boating Books for Female Sailors
Sailing how-to and have-done books abound. But only in the last decade or so has the world of sailing literature taken an interest in...
Winter Reading List
Its that time of year again, when freezing temps mean many of find our watery adventures limited to a fireside escape in a good...
EarthNC Software
On a recent boat delivery from Michigan to Florida, I had the opportunity to try out some new computer-based planning software from EarthNC.EarthNC uses...
The Great Loop – The Basics
Join us this week as we discuss taking a sailboat around North America's great boating adventure - The Great Loop. We discuss advice from...
