Commentary
2025 Transpac Race Profile: Andy Schwenk and ‘Sir Edmund’
The 2025 fleet of Transpac contenders is coming together. We'll bring you profiles of some of the participants in the weeks ahead.
Good Jibes #182: Lauren Bell on Teaching Lifetime Sailors
This week we're joined by Lauren Bell to chat about teaching kids to sail and in the process, creating sailing connections to last a lifetime.
Some Salty Things for You To Do This Month
March is a busy month on the water with three events taking place on the weekend of March 22-23. Check it out!
Max Ebb — Seeing Red
The real reason pirates wear an eyepatch? "When we storm our prize with cutlasses drawn and chase the crew below, we take off the eyepatch and can see in the dark lower decks."
Sailagram: A Snapshot of February Sailing
Take a browse through the February 'Sailagram' gallery, with a few boats from early March thrown into the mix.
The Resourceful Sailor Makes a Strong Point
The Resourceful Sailor employs G-tubes, epoxy and experience to install new blocks on his 1985 Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 'Sampaguita.'
Vince Casalaina Video of Beau Vrolyk and David Crosby’s Former Schooner ‘Mayan’
The Alden schooner 'Mayan' remains one of the West's best connections to the age of wooden ships.
Caption Contest(!)
It's time to throw yourself into the swell and share your comments on this month's Caption Contest(!) photo.
Short Sightings — A Ditty Drawer Full of Sailing Tidbits
Possible bridge work for the Petaluma River, the International Ocean Film Festival in San Francisco, Chumash Heritage NMS Advisory Council seeks applications, and a U.K. initiative to "rewrite" women into maritime history.
Crossing Tacks With SS ‘United States’, Soon To Become a Reef
Local sailor Bob Hanelt was on a training voyage from Vallejo to Rio de Janeiro aboard Cal Maritime's 'Golden Bear' when they crossed tracks with the SS 'United States,' currently en route to becoming an artificial reef.
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