The Cal 40 is an epic boat. Here's a quick history of Cal Jensen, designer Bill Lapworth, and why Jensen-era hulls are still the ones to hunt for. The company ...

Yes, you can still steer with a drogue out. A drogue is purely a drag device that slows the boat down; it doesn't take away your steering control. It's ...

The Aerorig is a cool idea, but articulating anything on a boat isn't for me. When it breaks, simple wins. Stick, hole, glue, sail. Everything on a boat ...

Junk rigs are custom builds, which makes them great for tinkerers who love fixing their own boat but tough for anyone who needs outside help. They're similar ...

What's the smallest bluewater boat you'd trust for a Pacific crossing? Flicka 20s, Nor'Sea 27s, and anything drawn by Lyle Hess are small boats that punch ...

Lash the wheel to windward, drop the sails, and the boat sits sideways to the weather. It buys a pause, but it leaves you broadside to breaking waves with a ...

He signed on as crew, everyone got seasick, and when a squall hit at forty knots the captain refused to leave his bunk. The crew member brought the boat back ...

A hundred miles out, he fixed on Bermuda, sure that land meant safety. But closing a reef-strewn coast in big seas is harder than the open water behind you, ...

Before crossing the Atlantic, we refit the whole boat: new bimini, repaired dodger, fresh lines, new autopilot. Problems still came, but they were small ...

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Drop anchor, then go introduce yourself to the cruisers and the locals, and take them sailing. Plenty of people near a busy anchorage have never set foot on a ...

Northern Hemisphere storms spin counterclockwise, and the front right quadrant is the worst of it, where forward motion stacks on spin to build the biggest ...

Jani was twenty and brand new to sailing when he signed on to cross the Atlantic. The captain bragged he didn't need weather routing. They sailed straight into ...

One reef in the main was the right call. Then the wind climbed past fifty knots and the captain wouldn't send anyone out to do more. Wrong call - the ...

How to survive a tropical storm at sea: A true sailing survival story. If you’ve ever wanted to sail offshore, you NEED TO WATCH THIS. It may save your life. ...

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When the anemometer climbs past 70 knots, the ocean changes. The wind ceases to be just air—it becomes an absolute wall of sound. In this episode, I’m sitting ...

When Sailing Barking Cat left Australia aboard their cruising catamaran La Vita, the plan was simple: sail offshore toward Fiji, cross the Pacific with their ...

Day 13 & 14 of our offshore passage from the USA to Colombia… After days at sea, the weather forecast suddenly shifts for the worse. What was meant to be ...

Day 12 of our sail from the USA to South America… and this is where the crossing starts to get rough. After finally reaching stronger winds out in the ...

We're anchored in the fishing village called Elinkine. We've been busy the past few days attending local festivities, so we decided to stay on the boat and ...

You'd better tether in for this one! We're discussing what actually happens when the wind exceeds 50 knots offshore, and what real options you have when it ...

Sailing is not just about the journey, but the destination. And once there, it’s about spending time there and meeting people. That’s the real way to know a ...

Forget what you thought you knew about aging gracefully. I’m not just an old sea dog, I’m reinventing vitality, one wave, one encounter at a time. My secret ...