Commentary
World Ocean Day Coming June 8 — Who Is Your Hero?
We'd like to join sailors everywhere in supporting ocean health and are now planning coverage in our June magazine, and throughout the month of June in our 'Lectronic Latitude' newsletter.
Great Britain Wins on the Great Sound
Under a challenging COVID cloud, the organizers at SailGP delivered an action-packed regatta making the best of the current situation in the worst of circumstances in locked-down Bermuda.
He Was a Prince, and a Sailor
"We raced against him many times when 'Yeoman' was a Sigma 38 ..."
How Times Have Changed Since 4/20, 1988
Though pot is now legal in California and many other states, the USCG is a federal agency, and while aboard your boat you do come under their jurisdiction.
Winging It, and Wondering What to Call this New Watersport
Have you tried "winging," foiling, SUPing, or other new(ish) watersports? Do you get excited when a new trend hits the water?
Warping a Boat Around at the Dock
According to Merriam-Webster's online dictionary, the third entry of "warp," as a verb, defines it as: "to move (something, such as a ship) by hauling on a line attached to a fixed object."
We Said We Were Done Discussing s/v ‘Freedom’, then This Happened …
Kirk wrote to us and admitted he had given us a bum steer about s/v 'Freedom's location. It turned out the naysayers were right.
It’s Official — We’ve Discovered ‘Freedom’s Photo-Shoot Location
When we wrote about the mystery surrounding 'Freedom's exact location at the time of the much-talked-about photo, we weren't ready to commit to a location. But now …
Was s/v ‘Freedom’ Anchored in the Sea of Cortez?
Our recent photo of Kirk and Char Wagner's boat 'Freedom' and her dinghy resting ashore prompted the question of where the photo was taken. We received a lot of answers!
Searching for an Old Flame, ‘Kate II’
'Kate II' took a lot of kids sailing while she was the flagship of St. Francis Yacht Club, and she made me a happy skipper.
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