Columns

Windshifts: A Sail to Remember

by L. Alan Keene, Posted January 25, 2013

“Would you like to sail one?” asked Dale Denning one Saturday back in 1980, as Peg and I stood admiring some gorgeous little sailing dinghies sitting by the side of the road.

Voice of Experience: Knockdown on Lake Ontario

by Joe Higgins, Posted January 10, 2013

“We’ll only be out for an hour,” he promised, and I decided to believe him. The wind out on Lake Ontario was light, the seas were calm, and despite there being some dark clouds in the distance, it looked like a great afternoon for a sail.

From the Editor: The Need for Speed

by Peter Nielsen, Posted January 7, 2013

They say every cruiser turns into a racer when there’s another boat in the vicinity. I’m not so sure that’s true.

Voice of Experience: A Beautiful Night Gone Bad

by Claude Moss, Posted December 13, 2012

About four hours after our departure, approximately 27 miles from Fort Pierce, when we were well into the Stream, we heard a thump somewhere forward on the hull.

Windshifts: Christmas in Panama

by Ray Jason, Posted December 10, 2012

During the “treasures of the bilge” segment of the cruisers’ radio net in Bocos del Toro, Panama, someone named Felix offered a metal sextant for sale. Two minutes later I was racing out to his handsome ketch Boisterous.

Voice of Experience: Rudderless in the Slot

by Austin Morris, Posted November 21, 2012

One of the best things about being retired is that it allows me to spend some quality time doing what I really like. One such escape—wife willing—is a month-long stay on my sailboat on San Francisco Bay.

Windshifts: I Hate this Time of Year

by Tim Kent, Posted November 17, 2012

I hate this time of year. Some of my friends wax rhapsodic about crisp fall air, the changing of the leaves and the coming holidays. But all I can see at the end of October is the end of the sailing season and the long winter stretching out before me.