S.V. Raggamuffin | First Sail It’s a big deal to have spent 2 years in the hot, in the cold, on the hard, covered in paint, covered in...

Gray. Everywhere. The sky, the water, gray, no horizon, just more gray. The sun had just set and the only reason I knew that was that...

Three Challenges There were three big challenges that Matt Rutherford decided to make as his personal life goals: Bike through Southeast...

Time. It's one of those things that I've taken for granted my entire life. And now here I am, 52, at the cliche mid-life and time has...

A symbol of hope, security and stability. The anchor was born with the original purpose of securing ships to the seabed in the midst of a...

It's a funny thing; this journey of trying to get my sailboat in shape for my big adventure. I've met some really cool and interesting...

STORM FRANCIS - Episode 7 Strangford Lough and its tides was to be our next adventure, an exciting opportunity to explore a sea loch in...

There’s a place in the boatyard, it doesn’t matter which yard, but a place where boats go to die. It’s in the back, it’s always in the...

I can truly find bliss in this seafaring life in the form of companionship of my husband, time to read, reflect and marvel at the colours...

Interview with author Carole Fontaine. Carol discusses her book S.A.I.L above the Clouds.

Sailing to Bahamas for winter isn’t unusual. Is it Newsworthy? Is it worth reading? I don’t know. And I don’t really care. And here’s why...

Crewing with Gary, my husband, on a passage from Whitehaven to A Coruna in Northern Spain seemed a perfect way to test my resolve.

Sailing anxieties are very common to new sailors. But appreciating them and approaching them with a plan can be a gift.

They used to call him Cap'n. He was my biological father, but people called him Cap'n. Details beyond that are, shall we say... cloudy....