After lowering the pole to the deck, I happened to have a look at the pin which had given a problem the other day – that was fine, but I then noticed that another big pin, holding the pole end to the mast car attachment, was nearly out of its hole! A circlip holding the end in place was missing and there was nothing to stop the pin from falling out – which it was clearly well on its way to doing …!!
After several overnight bands of squally rainclouds, with light winds in between, we’ve finally settled into a nice, sunny day with some white clouds around and fairly consistent good wind from the north.
Nineteen of the 20 skippers sailing the Vendée Globe solo race around the world started the 24,048-mile, three-month circumnavigation off Les Sables d’Olonne, France, on Nov. 10. Bertrand de Broc returned to port before the start to make a repair to a small puncture in his hull. Photos: Jean Marie Liot/DPPI/Vendee Globe Click here to meet the skippers.
[Click here to read more about the race.](http://www.sailingworld.
Went to heat coffee – propane had run out!
World Cruising Rally sailboat Ciao sank after a collision with a submerged object.
On a square-rigger voyage across the Atlantic with heirs of the protagonists from the legendary HMS Beagle—Lieutenant Robert FitzRoy and naturalist Charles Darwin—the real and the surreal are barely distinguishable. From our September 2012 issue.
Spurred on by a cause as well as by the family motto of legendary explorer Ernest Shackleton— “By endurance we conquer” —Matt Rutherford sailed into the history books with his epic, nonstop solo odyssey around the Americas. From our July 2012 issue.
After 60 years and countless miles, a classic, humble wooden 30-footer has fulfilled the dreams of not one intrepid couple, but two. From Cruising World‘s July 2012 issue.
Friday, June 15 provided plenty of sun and breeze for the start of the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race Start. Photographs from PPL Media.
Jimmy Cornell answers our questions about his latest publication–Cornell’s Ocean Atlas: Pilot Charts for All Oceans of the World.
Pirates, economics, and personal ambitions have reshaped the courses sailed by the world’s fleet of 10,000 bluewater cruising sailboats. From our November 2011 issue.
The enduring appeal of the South Pacific is among the trends that have surfaced in the latest global survey.
After lowering the pole to the deck, I happened to have a look at the pin which had given a problem the other day – that was fine, but I then noticed that another big pin, holding the pole end to the mast car attachment, was nearly out of its hole! A circlip holding the end in place was missing and there was nothing to stop the pin from falling out – which it was clearly well on its way to doing …!!
After several overnight bands of squally rainclouds, with light winds in between, we’ve finally settled into a nice, sunny day with some white clouds around and fairly consistent good wind from the north.
Nineteen of the 20 skippers sailing the Vendée Globe solo race around the world started the 24,048-mile, three-month circumnavigation off Les Sables d’Olonne, France, on Nov. 10. Bertrand de Broc returned to port before the start to make a repair to a small puncture in his hull. Photos: Jean Marie Liot/DPPI/Vendee Globe Click here to meet the skippers.
[Click here to read more about the race.](http://www.sailingworld.
Went to heat coffee – propane had run out!
World Cruising Rally sailboat Ciao sank after a collision with a submerged object.
On a square-rigger voyage across the Atlantic with heirs of the protagonists from the legendary HMS Beagle—Lieutenant Robert FitzRoy and naturalist Charles Darwin—the real and the surreal are barely distinguishable. From our September 2012 issue.
Spurred on by a cause as well as by the family motto of legendary explorer Ernest Shackleton— “By endurance we conquer” —Matt Rutherford sailed into the history books with his epic, nonstop solo odyssey around the Americas. From our July 2012 issue.
After 60 years and countless miles, a classic, humble wooden 30-footer has fulfilled the dreams of not one intrepid couple, but two. From Cruising World‘s July 2012 issue.
Friday, June 15 provided plenty of sun and breeze for the start of the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race Start. Photographs from PPL Media.
Jimmy Cornell answers our questions about his latest publication–Cornell’s Ocean Atlas: Pilot Charts for All Oceans of the World.
Pirates, economics, and personal ambitions have reshaped the courses sailed by the world’s fleet of 10,000 bluewater cruising sailboats. From our November 2011 issue.
The enduring appeal of the South Pacific is among the trends that have surfaced in the latest global survey.
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