Choosing The Right Boat for Your Sailing Charter
You’ll ask yourself if you need a watermaker or if air conditioning is important or even if you want a full-sized refrigerator onboard the boat you …
Category: Cruising Tips
Six Beach Bars You Should Visit While Cruising The Caribbean
Once the anchor is set and the boat is secure there is nothing like the sound of the dinghy getting prepared for the quick trip to the beach bar. You …
Heaving to – What is it and why you should know how to do it?
Heaving to (to heave to and to be hove to) involves parking the boat while out at sea. It's easy to do but it takes a little practice as every boat is…
Introducing The Boat Galley
This is an excerpt from The Boat Galley, a newsletter written by Carolyn Shearlock. She and her husband have been cruising for over 12 years and share…
Tips From The Text: Tips on Coastal Cruising
Sailing Tips Come From Coastal Cruising Made Easy, the Official Manual for the ASA Basic Coastal Cruising Course. You’re ready to cruise and all tha…
7 Tips for Night Sailing
Night sailing is a bit of a different animal so we’ve cobbled together seven tips to keep in mind as you sail off into the wild black yonder.
5 Things to Remember When the Wind Starts Coming Up
After a solid two hours of sailing in perfect conditions, more white caps begin to emerge and the sky seems irritated. You know the mood of the wind i…
Learning to Sail in the Florida Keys
Sailing In The Keys Let’s go straight for the cliches and talk about the Conch Republic and a salty life and toss in flip-flops while you are at it.…
Are You A Cat Person
Why Sail a Catamaran? The wind was blowing well over 20 and the swells were coming across the beam both in rapid succession and with great fury. This…
ASA Instructor Tip: Setting The Hook
Knowing that your boat is securely anchored will give you the peace of mind to leave the boat while you are ashore and allow you to sleep soundly.
Knots Made Easy: The Fast Bowline
One of the most beautiful and useful sailing knots is the bowline. The bowline forms a temporary eye, or loop, in the end of a line and is commonly us…
Adrift: Would You Survive?
Faced with a catastrophic sailing event could you survive or is Hollywood not realistic?
Cooking in the Galley: Beyond Gruel
Beyond Gruel is author and sailor, Bob Witty’s first book. He describes his love of cooking and sailing and how he could not eat bad…
Ports We Love: Lahaina, Maui
We left the dock in Lahaina and instantly we were on one of the most exhilarating sails we had ever embarked upon. Set on a…
Tips From The Teach: The Boom Vang
We all have questions and it seems like a boat is a perfect place to be perplexed by a lack of knowledge even if you…
Ports We Love: Anse de Colombier, St. Barth
St. Barth, home of Anse de Colombier, is the jewel of the Caribbean where you are more apt to find a souffle than rum cake.…
Tips From The Teach
We all have questions and it seems like a boat is a perfect place to be perplexed by a lack of knowledge even if you are a salty veteran of the sea. N…
Considering a Long Distance Cruising Adventure? Join a Sailing Rally!
The concept of a sailing rally has been made popular because cruising sailors realized that making long passages with the support of an organization a…