Choosing the right anchor for your bluewater cruiser is the kind of decision that gets argued about at every yacht club bar from Annapolis to Auckland. The anchor
Cruising into tropical waters usually means dropping the hook over coral at some point. It shouldn't, and in increasingly many places it isn't even
The anchor is the single most important piece of equipment on a bluewater cruising boat. It is the difference between a peaceful night and a 3 a.m.
The subject of a second anchor generates more confident opinion-giving and less careful thinking than almost any other topic in cruising. Somewhere in the collective unconscious of bluewater
Every cruising sailor eventually discovers that ground tackle is not a commodity. A 45-pound anchor with three-eighths chain is not the same as another 45-pound anchor with the
There are Caribbean islands you visit, and Caribbean islands that get under your skin. Martinique is firmly in the second category. This French overseas department delivers what few
South of St. Vincent, below the charter-boat highway, the island chain takes a breath. Grenada and the Grenadines offer bluewater cruisers something increasingly rare in the Caribbean: anchorages
It happens so quickly that you almost do not believe it. You row ashore for a meal, tie your dinghy to the dock, and come back two hours
There's a window in the Greek sailing calendar that experienced cruisers guard like a secret: late April through early June, before the meltemi builds and before
Few destinations in the South Pacific deliver the combination of warm hospitality, protected anchorages, and genuine remoteness that Fiji offers cruising sailors. Straddling the 180th meridian across more
