Sailing blogs to stoke your inspiration Looking for sailing blogs to stoke your wanderlust and inspiration? With the advent of sailing vloggers and #InstagramSailing there seem to be fewer sailors dedicating themselves to writing travelogue narratives. While there are hundreds of sailing blogs, many of them are now defunct (the writers having completed their trips

Celebrating Thanksgiving last week, I was thankful that I had not been at sea for the last 150 days. The remaining six Golden Globe competitors, who are racing around the world solo non-stop without modern technology, have been sailing since July 1st and likely won’t make landfall until February. Having long since consumed all fresh

North of normal: kiteboarding, iceberg fondue parties, and sailing the Northwest Passage From kiteboarding in the Northwest Passage, to hosting fondue parties on an iceberg, the Giovannini brothers’ sail transit of the Northwest Passage in 2016 was anything but usual. Alex (31) and David (29) Giovannini learned to sail in a land-locked country. Their father

When you dream of sailing into the sunset, do you imagine a romantic partner at your side?  Guest poster, Lauren de Remer, shares her story of finding adventure, friendship, and love on the high seas and proves that you don’t need a partner to go cruising.  Note: This piece was first published in Latitude 38

Guest poster, Brian Gartland and his eight and nine-year-old, Buddy and Scarlet, spend winters living aboard, cruising the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas. For Brian, teaching his kids to be brave and love the ocean meant addressing a few fears of his own.   Growing up brave – “Why I let my kids play with

Sailing like it’s 1968 – meet the youngsters racing round the world solo non-stop without modern technology I’d grown up the stories of the first Golden Globe, a race so arduous that one in nine boats finished. Robin Knox-Johnston became the first person to sail around the world solo non-stop (it took him 312 days).

In celebration of Good Old Boat Magazine’s 20th anniversary, we’ve come up with a list of 20 things we love about old used boats! Good Old Boat has sponsored Waterborne from the beginning and is a big supporter of young sailors. To mark their anniversary, Good Old Boat is offering a special deal to Waterborne

Waterborne is born! 17 months ago, when we launched Young & Salty, a site for sailing millennials, we were nervous that we’d hear crickets. Maybe there weren’t really any 20 and 30-something sailors out there. But we shouldn’t have worried and we’ve been totally blown away by the community that has developed over the last

When your boat is driving you crazy….it’s helpful to remember why it’s all worth it. Sheena Jeffers, of @seaslifeforgood shares 10 reasons why not to give up your boat. On this day, nearly two years ago, I was pouting on the ground while my boyfriend cut a long piece of my hair off. I watched it fall