Affectionately termed the America’s Cup for Dirtbags, the R2AK (Race to Alaska) requires participants to navigate 750 miles of cold, whirlpool ridden, rock infested water from Port Townsend, WA to Ketchikan, AK, under human power alone. No engines. No support. It attracts a certain type of person to do something like this. Adventurous and perhaps half-mad;
Top 10 sailing VLOGS you should know about
You’ve all heard of the sailing vlogs, Sailing La Vagabonde and SV Delos; if you haven’t, try to find a bottle jack or pry bar or something and see if you can get out from under the rock you’ve been living, then go to YouTube and type in ‘I’ve been living under a rock and
When your partner falls in love with a sailboat
Photos by Stellar Exposure When your partner falls in love with a sailboat….For anyone who’s ever come home to a newly sailboat crazed girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, or wife, you’ll appreciate this guest post by the talented Sheena Jeffers, a young salt and writer in Virginia Beach @seaslifeforgood. I write this from a pretty broken place. That’s, sometimes,
Hacking Big Adventure – 5 friends sail & climb Greek Islands
I called Ian Drogin on Skype to interview him about his recent expedition: a 6-week sailing and climbing adventure throughout the Aegean Sea where he and his crew tackled several limestone crags in the Greek Islands. I was half-expecting to meet some burly hybrid sea-dog/mountain-man. After all, the trip sounded like the kind of thing
Where are all the young sailors? A millennial’s perspective
Photo credit: Andreas Ronningen Where are all the young sailors? A millennial’s perspective We bought our first sailboat 5 years ago; we were 24 and 29. As we immersed ourselves in the sailing community we began to notice that all of our friends were in the 50+ age group. We found ourselves wondering, “Where are all the young
