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 ...

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Multihull impresario Phil Berman has probably sold more cruising catamarans than any other American and has, along the way, figured out that what modern cat cruisers want is balance. They want the ...

Since the war started in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, we have been keeping an eye on safety concerns for cruisers sailing west from Thailand and Indonesia for the Red Sea. This week we contacted ...

The Beagle Channel that traverses Patagonia offers one of the world’s most dramatic cruising grounds. At the very tip of South America, the channel, which is named after the ship Beagle in which ...

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