“Humpback, 300 metres. Hard to port, Tom!” Icebear encountered her first whales in Cabot Strait,…
Cruising
Sailing El Salvador: Captivating landscapes make this a must-see cruising destination
We dropped anchor in the middle of the night and waited until daybreak for our…
Cruising New Caledonia: Spectacular sailing in the French corner of the Pacific
“OK, this time you’ll do it, right?” Wietze asks, full of hope that this time…
Sailing Hong Kong: So much more than just a glittering Asian metropolis
We had just dropped the anchor in a small bay, and I was standing on…
Locked out and locked in: World cruisers share their COVID-19 sailing dilemmas
When the world abruptly locked down in March, many cruisers were caught out, and soon…
Pete Goss’s lessons learned from two and a half years sailing around the world
After two and a half years and over 17,000 miles of cruising from the UK…
Cruising Colombia: An extraordinarily friendly country for visiting sailors
If I asked you for five words to describe Colombia I bet they wouldn’t include…
Cruising Australia: Everything you need to know about sailing Down Under
“It doesn’t matter where you choose, you can’t go wrong in Australia. There are so…
Cruising Patagonia: An extract from Winter in Fireland by Nicholas Coghlan
Nicholas Coghlan circumnavigated in the late 1980s with Jenny, his wife, on their small yacht,…
Sailing Vancouver Island: Braving bears and bad weather on the inside-out route
At 94 years of age, my father, Donald, still hates sitting in harbour. He lives…
Hurricane season: Cruising and mooring options from Maine to Grenada
The hurricane zone extends from Cape Hatteras or the Florida/Georgia border to Grenada, so cruisers…
Sailing Fiji to New Zealand: The ultimate tradewinds test?
We who write for the yachting press are deluged with tales of extraordinary achievement. Although…
Sailing Panama: Exploring idyllic islands just miles from the famous canal
We looked out at the expectant faces before us: kids with footballs in hand, an…
Caribbean sailing: Top tips from two years exploring this cruising paradise
My partner Nick and I spent two years sailing in the Lesser Antilles on our…
Sailing Alaska: A family adventure around the blissfully remote Admiralty Island
Standing on the bow of our borrowed 36ft steel cutter, I watched as my four…
Sailing Hawaii: A leisurely cruise around these picture-perfect volcanic islands
We started our Pacific voyage on board Distant Drummer, our 45ft Liberty cutter-rigged sloop, from…
Caribbean sailing tips: Chris Doyle on making the most of your time there
Chris Doyle’s is a name familiar to all Caribbean cruisers, as the author of best-selling…
Sailing the Falkland Islands: A life-changing voyage on board Pelagic
In spring 2016 my partner, Magnus, and I delivered Pelagic, one of two yachts owned…
Sailing Maine: Exploring a magical corner of America’s northeast coast
Bursting through the Cape Cod Canal is like a voyage through Narnia’s wardrobe. Huge lunar…
Sailing Ushant: Tom Cunliffe explores France’s most daunting island
‘Qui voit Ouessant boit son sang.’ In plain English, this old Breton sailors’ proverb reads:…