A harbor bar is a ridge of sand across an inlet or harbor entrance. As swells reach that shallow water, they steepen and break, turning a long, gentle wave ...

Life On The Hulls sails custom catamaran Synergy to Middle Percy Island in Queensland, Australia, navigating West Bay tides to place their mark at the historic ...

The breeches buoy used a line fired from shore to a wrecked ship, a heavier rope, and a ring with pants to bring people back to the beach one at a time. The ...

Sailing south from Prince Rupert aboard their restored Cape George 36, Magic Carpet II, Maya and Aladino reach British Columbia's remote Goose Group to explore ...

Amy of Sailing Melody shares heartbreaking news of the passing of her husband and fellow voyager Andy, reflecting on nine years together, family cruising ...

On Day 12 of his solo non-stop circumnavigation aboard his Pacific Seacraft 40, Oliver Widger of Sailing With Phoenix champions Klippel-Feil Syndrome research ...

When the Pendleton broke apart, chief engineer Raymond Sybert took charge of the 32 men left with him and assigned them duties. In an emergency, specific jobs ...

Daniel and Jenna Brown sail 700 nautical miles from Fiji to New Caledonia aboard SV Machete, implementing rigorous whale strike mitigation and offshore ...

On Day 11 of his solo non-stop circumnavigation aboard Phoenix, Oliver shares an honest reflection on offshore endurance, isolation, and facing an 8 to 9 month ...

The tanker Schenectady broke in half while tied to a dock in Portland, Oregon, in flat calm. Its failure illustrates the difference between riveted and welded ...

Discover the legendary 1952 Coast Guard rescue of the SS Pendleton, where Bernie Webber and three men crossed the violent Chatham Bar in a 36-foot wooden boat ...

Riley of Sailing La Vagabonde battles 4m waves, blown blocks, and dead electrics, hand-steering through 30-knot gales to an emergency stop in the Solomon ...

Sailing around South America means planning for bluewater passages, even beyond Cape Horn. The exposed Pacific coast, limited stopping points along Chile, and ...

Lucas and the Sailing Bluefish crew navigate their Lagoon 42 catamaran through sudden 30-knot Aegean squalls, tucking two reefs before drifting into a ...

Steve and Karen prepare SV Isabella, their 56ft Super Mikado ketch, for an offshore voyage from Georgia to Texas via Florida, installing engine room telemetry ...

Worried about pirates? Researching destinations and reading cruiser reports on noonsite.com can help identify security concerns before arrival. In areas with ...

When a catastrophic seawater pump failure floods Inesperada off the Cuban coast, the cruising crew of Sailorama executes emergency damage control and discovers ...

Cruising sailors of Javerne transit northwest Madagascar on a rugged iron coastal ferry to Ankify before venturing into the Sambirano Valley and Ambanja to ...

James of Sailing Zingaro conducts an essential masterclass on offshore disaster survival, life raft deployment, emergency beacons, and critical seamanship.

Wharram’s Polynesian-inspired catamaran design lets the hulls move more independently with the waves. That flexibility raises practical concerns, one of them ...

James Burwick explores the legendary Open 40 racing yacht Mighty Sparrow on Sailing Into Oblivion, recounting extreme Southern Ocean voyaging, canting keel ...

New PLB AIS beacons combine a 406 MHz personal locator beacon with an AIS transmitter. When activated, the PLB sends a distress alert through satellites to ...

James Burwick examines offshore telemetry, heavy weather tactics, and Golden Globe Race voyaging across the North Atlantic for the Ocean Sailors Fleet.

Martin Jambo recounts the harrowing SV Jambo shipwreck, open-ocean life raft evacuation, offshore survival, and returning to sea aboard Comeback during a ...