At $100,000, a Lagoon 42 can look like an incredible bargain, and I think these boats make spacious, fun cruising platforms for the Caribbean. However, I would ...

📖 English ("Be The Captain"): https://bethecaptain.com/ 🇪🇸 Español ("Sé el Capitán"): https://a.co/d/08yiAfse Tonight, you sit in the captain's chair. ...

Early-season hurricanes often form far across the Atlantic, giving sailors time to watch them develop and track their approach. In October, the western ...

Sharks, rocks, and pirates are not what scare me most when I sail offshore. Hurricanes are unpredictable, impossible to outrun, and powerful enough to ...

In October of 1998, a 282-foot four-masted schooner called the Fantome sailed into the western Caribbean with 31 crew members aboard and a hurricane building ...

Standing rigging progresses from standard 1×19 wire to compact strand and finally to solid rod, with each step increasing strength and stiffness while reducing ...

Do I have medical insurance? No, I don't. So what do I do in case of an incident? Like on a motorcycle taxi where I got burned on the exhaust pipe which turned ...

A 12-inch change made while building the Valiant 40 left its sail plan out of balance with the keel. Adding a bowsprit corrected the problem, improved the ...

This 2012 Hughes 40 weighs less than five tons despite its 40-foot length and massive 30-foot beam, giving it the ingredients to be an exceptionally fast ...

The Antigua 58 Pilothouse is spacious, unusual, and packed with features that could make it somebody’s dream cruising boat. It may be a good boat, but the ...

In this premiere episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on the real life of a sailor in West Africa. It’s not just wind and water; it’s about survival. I’ll ...

Dutch builders have generations of experience producing beautiful steel and aluminum boats capable of cruising anywhere in the world. Koopmans yachts combine ...

A deeper keel places more weight farther below the boat, helping it resist quick rolling and feel stiffer in the waves. Like the pendulum on a grandfather ...

There's a bit of a stereotype about the Finns in the sailing world...but not a bad one. Finland is home to respected builders such as Baltic and Nauticat, and ...

This 60 year old Sparkman & Stephens yacht has an incredible pedigree, a valuable mast, and a recently reduced asking price. The aluminum hull could still ...

After months of hard work, sanding, and refitting, Galopin is finally going back in the water! In this episode, we navigate the ups and downs of boat life in ...

An older fiberglass boat will usually have obsolete electronics, aging wiring, and at least a few places where water gets inside. The important question is not ...

The Cal name became famous through successful designs like the legendary Cal 40, but the Cal 44 came from a very different period in the company’s history. ...

Cooper sailboats can be good performers, but their large acrylic windows were not always engineered with enough frame overlap. Once the adhesive begins to ...

This Robert Harris design was built by Ta Yang in Taiwan and earned a reputation as a stout bluewater cruiser. Unfortunately, the original teak decks also ...

In the 1960s, multihulls were considered dangerous outcasts of the sailing world. Two pioneering designers disappeared at sea without a trace, leaving behind ...

The night that the Rose-Noëlle flipped, it had a parachute anchor out...but the parachute itself is not what failed. Its trip line wrapped around the parachute ...

When the wind eased, the crew thought the storm was passing. Instead, the sea became more dangerous. Cross seas create steep, unpredictable waves that strike ...

The wait is over—Galopin is finally out of the water. Join us in Dakar for a traditional African haul-out where power tools are banned, and everything is done ...