The new fees for USVI-based charter boats are $1,200 per boat per visit, a cost that effectively slams the door on the USVI charter companies. So, Island Yacht Charters, Waypoint Charters and others ...

Brian Hooker is in the United States reportedly looking after his ailing mother. His wife Lynette Hooker, who went overboard ...

Ted Turner, the legendary “Captain Outrageous”, passed away on May 6 after a seven-year battle with Lewy Body Dementia. A larger-than-life personality and a fiercely competitive man, Turner made his ...

Regardless of what you’re trying to accomplish as a team or crew, clear communications is central to success Previously published in BWS, written by Bill Biewenga. Anchored off a lee shore ...

Bethany Smith, 18, is thought to have died in the hospital from multiple injuries after the accident on board luxury 180 foot schooner Germania Nova, which was berthed ...

One of the Chinese sailors aiming to become the first crew to compete in the famous Sydney to Hobart yacht race has been swept overboard from the team’s ...

The 2016 Greenland Climate Project will be starting on June 2nd and finish October 1st, 2016. They will be conducting most of the research in Northwest Greenland. The R/V Ault is ...

When compared to other tropical cruising paradises, French Polynesia is the least likely to suffer hurricanes or cyclones (published March 2018) After the devastating 2017 hurricane season in the ...

In late August sailing legend John Guzzwell passed away at age 94. He died peacefully at his home near Seattle, Washington, with his wife Dorothy by his side. I am lucky enough to have met John on ...

Outbound 46 Revisited Going strong after 15 years, this venerable passagemaker still might be the perfect couples blue water cruiser by Andrew Cross After being dropped ashore by dinghy, I paused on ...

Rapido has built an avid following amongst performance oriented cruisers even though the yard is small, it is in Viet Nam, and the boats are all-carbon and very high-tech. It doesn’t hurt that the ...

In early June, we had the opportunity to cruise on a Dragonfly 28 “Touring” in Denmark’s “South Sea”. After a full week of sailing with the entire family over hundreds of miles, varied weather ...