General Sailing
Sailing California Coast in the ’70s, Pt. 2
The following is Part 2 of a dispatch of John Tysell’s sail from San Diego to San Francisco in 1979 (Click here for Part I):
The biggest challenge of my trip from San Diego to San Francisco with my girlfriend Gwynne Crouse was rounding Point Conception, known for strong wind and nasty seas. More »
Reader Submissions: Ice Ice, Baby
David Kory Submissions More »
What Really Happened to Sea Nymph?
The bizarre story of the Sea Nymph — a Morgan 45 that had left Hawaii in May and was reportedly adrift for five months — is getting weirder by the day. More »
The Figure 8 Voyage Is Underway
After being delayed from his original early-October departure date, Randall Reeves has sailed through the Golden Gate and begun the first-ever "Figure 8 Voyage," a solo circumnavigation which will take him from San Francisco, around Antarctica, then up across the Northwest Passage and back to the Bay. More »
Sailboat Stranded at Sea for Months
Here’s what we know about two people — and two dogs — who were lost at sea for over five months:
Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiaba set sail from Honolulu in early May, headed for Tahiti in what appears to be a Morgan 45 that we believe is the Sea Nymph, a vessel we reported on in June, something that one of our readers brought to our attention. More »
Escape From Al-Cat-Traz
On the left-hand boat and peering out of a porthole is a cat that cannnot be contained.
© 2017 Quincey Cummings
My wife Quincey Cummings and I recently moved onto a friend’s beautifully finished West Sail 32, Costanza, while our Fuji 32 Windrose was in the yard. More »
The Larry Cup
What would you do if you wanted to amp up the drama surrounding the America’s Cup? More lawsuits? Reality TV shows from each team’s compound?
Or how about another regatta entirely? More »
Man Overboard Practice to the Rescue
The man overboard. How that brought such dread while trying to pass the practical test before getting a sailing certification. I heard stories of people who passed all other components of the test, and then just couldn’t get Bob — the elusive orange juice container — out of the water. More »
Where’s Rimus . . . Now?
When Rimas Meleshyus didn’t show up anywhere in the South Pacific after he departed Hawaii in June, we feared the worst. This is how most stories about Rimas start.
The 66-year-old Russian immigrant left Hilo in his Rawson 30 Mimsy over four months ago. More »
Socrates Cancels Circumnav Attempt
After taking a fall from a ladder in a British Columbia boatyard, Jeanne Socrates has postponed her attempt at becoming the oldest person to singlehand around the world until next year.
"I’m leaving hospital today to stay with friends nearby and recuperate slowly, but carefully," Socrates told us by email last week. More »
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