You say you love sailing, but… To the outside observer, sailors must appear to have a real masochistic bent. We terrorize dinner party guests with tales of harrowing sea conditions; with wave heights and wind speeds increasing commensurate to the amount of wine imbibed.  We lament cantankerous engines, torn spinnakers, and exorbitant moorage fees. We’ve

For as long as humans have been going to sea, they’ve been bringing their furry companions with them. Parrots, cats, and dogs have long been valued crew members. For example, Captain Cook had dogs and cats aboard HMS Endeavour in 1768. They were even subject to the equator line crossing ceremony along with the rest

Sailing films of the year Sailing movies had a real moment this year and it wasn’t just in Hollywood! From indie flics, to sailing documentaries, to vloggers turned adventure filmmakers, there’s a great lineup of new sailing films across the genre. Here are the sailing movies that made headlines (and a few hidden gems you

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).