A Moment of Silence, Please
February 10, 2022
For a sailor, one of life’s great pleasures is the moment you reach down and hit the engine-stop button. As the diesel or outboard goes
For a sailor, one of life’s great pleasures is the moment you reach down and hit the engine-stop button. As the diesel or outboard goes
I spent a few too many dozen evenings this past summer bingeing the History Channel’s “Vikings” series. The production was supremely entertaining with superb acting,
The 100-foot motoryacht my friends had chartered in Southeast Alaska was anchored in a cove with no other signs of human life. To say the
It’s in our DNA to explore, to cross oceans, to reconnoiter bays, to run rivers, or just to probe the recesses of our own minds.
The America’s Cup is a whole new game—again. After decades of effort, those behind the Cup have completed a task once perceived to be impossible.
In more than three decades as a journalist covering this passion we share, I’ve spent time on boats of all flavors, all over the world.
What a year it’s been, huh? One for the ages, to be sure, and one to put in the rearview posthaste. When we last saw
Cars and boats have been joined at the hip since the dawn of the trailer hitch. But in recent years, carmakers—particularly those that build luxury
In his book “Isaac’s Storm” about the deadly Galveston hurricane of 1900, Erik Larson quotes the author Ernest Zebrowski, Jr. writing about chaos theory and
You may have heard rumors that print media is on its last legs. In some quarters, maybe, but not in these parts. In case you’ve
For a sailor, one of life’s great pleasures is the moment you reach down and hit the engine-stop button. As the diesel or outboard goes
I spent a few too many dozen evenings this past summer bingeing the History Channel’s “Vikings” series. The production was supremely entertaining with superb acting,
The 100-foot motoryacht my friends had chartered in Southeast Alaska was anchored in a cove with no other signs of human life. To say the
It’s in our DNA to explore, to cross oceans, to reconnoiter bays, to run rivers, or just to probe the recesses of our own minds.
The America’s Cup is a whole new game—again. After decades of effort, those behind the Cup have completed a task once perceived to be impossible.
In more than three decades as a journalist covering this passion we share, I’ve spent time on boats of all flavors, all over the world.
What a year it’s been, huh? One for the ages, to be sure, and one to put in the rearview posthaste. When we last saw
Cars and boats have been joined at the hip since the dawn of the trailer hitch. But in recent years, carmakers—particularly those that build luxury
In his book “Isaac’s Storm” about the deadly Galveston hurricane of 1900, Erik Larson quotes the author Ernest Zebrowski, Jr. writing about chaos theory and
You may have heard rumors that print media is on its last legs. In some quarters, maybe, but not in these parts. In case you’ve
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