If you’ve ever found yourself fumbling over a basic sailing knot in the early season, you’re not alone. As the saying goes, “If you don’t use it, you lose it,” and it’s not unusual to be rusty after a landlocked winter (Floridians have no excuses). Fortunately, once a knot is committed to muscle memory, it
How to find free or cheap boats for sale
HOW TO FIND CHEAP OR FREE BOATS Did you know it’s possible to find free boats for sale? Finding cheap boats has been an obsession at various points in our lives. Having bought three boats over the last five years, we’ve literally spent days out of our lives looking for good deals. In all that
10 online sailing courses to sharpen your skills
SAILING SCHOOL GOES ONLINE With more and more sailing schools taking their offerings online, landlocked sailors have cause to celebrate. If you’re new to sailing there are plenty of introductory courses that cover basic navigation, boating safety, and sailing lingo. If you’re an old salt looking for a challenge, you can study under America’s Cup
How to choose foul weather gear
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SAILING FOUL WEATHER GEAR Foul weather gear is designed to do one thing: keep you dry on a sailboat. Simple, right? Until you go shopping for a suit and are immediately overwhelmed by the vast number of options, technical features, and specs – not to mention the price tags! We’ve had
Seavenger Odyssey 3mm wetsuit review
KEEPING A WETSUIT ABOARD FOR ON-THE-WATER ADVENTURES High on my list of ‘things I wish I’d taken cruising’ is a good quality wetsuit. Recently, Seavenger sent us their women’s Odyssey 3mm neoprene wetsuit to test and review (they also make men’s and kid’s wetsuits). All things considered, it’s a piece of gear I wish I’d
12 boredom-busting freebies and discounts for boaters
With many folks stuck inside at the moment, sailing content creators and the boating industry have come together to offer some awesome freebies and discounts. It’s a great time to be brushing up on your boating knowledge or simply escaping with a salty book or documentary. Consider supporting small marine businesses. We know money is
2020 Vendée Globe primer plus 5 fun facts
With the 2020 Vendée Globe less than a year a way, here’s some background on the race and five fun facts about the “Everest of the sea”. THE RACE The Vendée Globe is a single-handed, non-stop sailing race around the world without assistance, and the ultimate test of human endurance in ocean racing. THE COURSE
7 sailing podcasts we love
Sailing podcasts are great company whether you’re doing night watch in the middle of the Atlantic or hundreds of miles inland, sitting in a traffic jam. Wherever you find yourself, here are some sailing podcasts to inform, entertain, and inspire. On the Wind (Formerly 59 Degrees North) Grab a mug of tea and get cozy
5 surprising facts about cold water survival
As a Pacific Northwest boater, I’ve always made it a priority to wear a lifejacket and avoid falling in, but I’ve never spent much time thinking about what I would do if I did fall in – until recently. At the 2019 NASBLA conference in Anchorage, Alaska, where US Coast Guard and boating law administrators
Hydrofoil boats for the rest of us
Watching foiling boats fly around the America’s Cup race course, is enough to quicken any sailor’s pulse. But unless you’ve got a spare few million kicking around, most hydrofoil boats are still very much out of the average boater’s budget. There are however a few ways to experience the magic of foiling without racing
