What Every Sailboat Needs - more details
Forget the fire extinguisher. VHF radio? Excess weight. GPS, charts, anchor -- hock them for this essential piece of nautical gear: A fully gimbaled champagne holder. Designed by a "famous Dutch...

Wake Karma? - more details
There are not many sailors who have not cursed "stinkpot" wakes. But is there such a thing as wake karma, the culmination of an overload of powerboat bad manners which...

Pop Quiz - more details
Q: Quick. It's blowing about forty knots-plus. You're by yourself in a high-tech sailboat surfing at speeds touching 20-knots. What do you do? A: Run up to the bow, hook up...

Now Comes Good Sailing - more details
On this day in 1862, Henry David Thoreau died of tuberculosis. His last clear words were: "Now comes good sailing," and then "moose" and "Indian." His conclusion to Walden also uses...

Do Great by Doing Good - more details
Sometimes doing good is its own reward. And sometimes doing good can bring rewards with rewards -- like sailing on a 72-foot race boat in Great Britain and the Mediterranean...

Quote of the Week - more details
"If it turns out we see bombs exploding on our waterways, it is not going to be really good for boaters..." Spoken by Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland...

Traffic Jam at the Canal - more details
After Saturday's "Beating of the Retreat" at Nelson's Dockyard -- and the inevitable closing parties signalling the end of Antigua Race Week -- the Caribbean racing (and cruising) season winds...

Campaign Advice: Go Sailing - more details
Some advice for a deadlocked Democrat -- go sailing. According to a recent poll, 15 percent of boat owners say they are more likely to vote for a political candidate if...

The Dirty Truth - more details
It's hard to gauge the health of an ocean out in the ocean. But where the water meets the shore, the dirty truth is revealed. That is what volunteers...

Failure to Communicate - more details
On boats, bad things happen when words get mixed up. Take the Cosco Busan, the 900-foot cargo ship which slammed into San Francisco's Bay Bridge in dense fog last November. According...