Guest Post: 1 Week Aboard TULA
Amie Renaud recounts her exciting week sailing across the Straight of Georgia aboard Tula. The best way to describe a week sailing on Tula is being in a state of complete bliss. You are truly oblivious to everything else but the wind, the waves and the sea. -Amie Renaud Do you ever get that urge...
Delivering Mistress
The Joys of Winter Motoring on The Salish Sea Rob Andrews is a buddy from New Zealand who purchased a Swan 53 called Mistress in San Diego a year ago. Mistress is a gorgeous, high-end sailboat made originally in Finland. Everything about Mistress is big and rugged. Rob's ability to tolerate huge refit cheques is...
Cruising in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf
Cruising in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf: Every Sailor’s Dream During March 2011 we were fortunate to be on charter down in New Zealand. The Hauraki Gulf was the venue for two America’s Cup challenges and is famous for it’s consistent winds, clear waters and well-developed marine industry. Hauraki in Maori means ‘North Wind’. Kiwi sailors are...
Postcard from The Inshore
Captain Jose Maria Narvaez Lunched Here…Maybe! Narvaez Bay, British Columbia N48 46.495 W123 06.112 The voyage had been difficult. Rowing the Santa Saturnina was not easy when the crew was stricken with scurvy; many were either dead or nearly dead. The task of probing and mapping the deeply indented coastline to find the entrance to...