Cruising
Baja Ha-Ha & Mexico Cruising
We hope to see you cruising in Mexico and enjoying La Buena Vida en El Mar. The people are fabulous, the country is gorgeous, and the cruising is fantastic.
Baja Ha-Ha & Mexico Cruising
We hope to see you cruising in Mexico and enjoying La Buena Vida en El Mar. The people are fabulous, the country is gorgeous, and the cruising is fantastic.
Keeping a Good Lookout
There are a thousand reasons to keep a good lookout. Modern navigational aids and numerous digital devices continue to improve and reduce accidents at sea. Despite all that equipment, it remains very important to keep an eye ahead and even read the signs along the shore.
A Family Cruises in Uncertain Times
The Milum family, from Mill Valley, California, were in St.Thomas, looking forward to island-hopping through the Caribbean and back to the US in time for the fall school semester. Then COVID broke out...
Young Cruiser Killed in Moorea
In a tragic accident in Moorea on August 10, a young cruiser was killed after being hit by a speedboat. According to reports, Eddie Jarman, 14, was checking the anchor on his family’s UK-based Discovery 55 September a.m. in Opunohu Bay when he was struck.
Welcome to the Mexico Cruisers Fence-Sitters Survey
Yacht clubs are wondering whether to run races, junior sailing programs are navigating proper protocols, boat shows are being postponed and racing has been severely curtailed. And the Grand PooBah is holding off until October 1st to decide on whether to run the 27th annual Baja Ha-Ha.
Delta Doo Dah Visits Delta Bay
With all other in-person events canceled for this year's Delta Doo Dah, we were pleased that Delta Bay Marina in Isleton was able to welcome about a half dozen boats and 20 fleet members.
Film About Pioneering California Circumnavigators
Steering their 53-ft cutter Awahnee to places no small boat had been before, they spent decades navigating the relentless pull of family and adventure.
GPS Spoofing Could Cause Problems for Sailors
Back in June we ran a couple of stories about GPS 'spoofing' — a series of incidents in which AIS was showing boats circling off of Pt. Reyes, while the vessels themselves were actually hundreds of miles away.
Mexico Cruisers Continue to SIP: Shelter in Paradise
We recently received an email from Mike Carran, a California sailor who has spent most of this year sheltering-in-place, in Mexico, or as some of us might say, sheltering-in-paradise
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