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Randy Smith

How to Plan Your Sail South

With good preparation, a little patience and a solid plan, the sail south down the East Coast of the US for the winter can be the best part of the trip.

Webb Chiles

Sailing Home, Eventually

Another major ocean current, another nonexistent weather window and another ocean passage — but this one leads home.

Casting Off Concerns

Even for experienced offshore sailors, sometimes the hardest part of the journey is just untying the dock lines.

NOAA

How To Upgrade NOAA Charts

There’s a boatload of electronic data available online to U.S. sailors. Here are some tips for navigating your way through it all.

passage planning

How to Plan a Passage

With the right tools, resources and preparation, you can maximize your success in the art and science of bluewater sailing.

Icebound

We are happy to be in this protected bay … and wait.

A Call for Help

Then I heard it again, ten minutes later, the same scratchy transmission, the same voice, a bit more clear. “If anyone can hear me, please answer on 22.”

Randy Smith

How to Plan Your Sail South

With good preparation, a little patience and a solid plan, the sail south down the East Coast of the US for the winter can be the best part of the trip.

Webb Chiles

Sailing Home, Eventually

Another major ocean current, another nonexistent weather window and another ocean passage — but this one leads home.

Casting Off Concerns

Even for experienced offshore sailors, sometimes the hardest part of the journey is just untying the dock lines.

NOAA

How To Upgrade NOAA Charts

There’s a boatload of electronic data available online to U.S. sailors. Here are some tips for navigating your way through it all.

passage planning

How to Plan a Passage

With the right tools, resources and preparation, you can maximize your success in the art and science of bluewater sailing.

Icebound

We are happy to be in this protected bay … and wait.

A Call for Help

Then I heard it again, ten minutes later, the same scratchy transmission, the same voice, a bit more clear. “If anyone can hear me, please answer on 22.”

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