Posts by Tim Henry
Fleet Week: Sailor’s Photo Essays
In these divided times, there is a universal truth that we can all agree on: The Blue Angels are way cool (and the pilots have probably the best job in the world). We More »
The Arcs, Adventure and Tradgedy of ‘Captains Courageous’
Only the sea, and sailors, can redeem a rotten, spoiled boy and show him the path to manhood in Captains Courageous.
Reader Submission: Somewhere Awesome
The following photo comes to us from Leonie Deramus . . . and that’s all we know. We know that Leonie and her partner’s boat is the Sao Nicolau with the port of call in Fairbanks, Alaska. But More »
Sailors’ Habits
We presume that if you’re reading this, you’re a sailor. Or at least you’re a sailing fan, groupie, connoisseur, devotee, etc. But what else do you do on the water? Is sailing a jumping-off point for other aquatic obsessions? More »
Cup Protocol Announced, Sort of
So it’s definitely monohulls, we think, but we’re pretty sure on that one. And they might be foiling monohulls, but that’s just a rumor. And there will definitely not be cyclers, unless there will be. More »
Latitude Movie Club: ‘Wind’
Wind is a classic sailing movie, though it was not well received at the box office, and like all art imitating life, it took some liberties with the truth.
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Reader Submissions: Sail into Fall
Can you feel it in the air? That undeniable crispness, the bite that comes from a cool, still day, rather than the searing, blasting cold of the summer seabreeze. The days are getting shorter, the late-afternoon fog is disappearing from the headlands, there’s football on TV, and coffee shops are stocking up on on their pumpkin spice flavoring. More »
Friday Night Sundown Series
The sun sets on summer, and on these Sundown sailors in Marina del Rey.
© Andy Kopetzky
For the past 30-odd years Del Rey Yacht Club has put on their Friday night Sundown Series. More »
Hurricane Maria Engulfs Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico has sustained a ‘direct hit’ by Hurricane Maria, now a Category 4 storm with winds up to 140 mph — and perhaps worse, unrelenting rain inundating the island, which had already sustained damage from Hurricane Irma. More »
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Reader Submissions: No-hio Like Ohio
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