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by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News
While my bareboat cruise to Grenada and the Grenadines in 2022 was mostly forgettable, it was better than what’s being experienced now by a group of cruisers at Carriacou, a Caribbean isl...

Nominations are open for the World Sailing Awards 2026, with the winners to be recognized as part of the World Sailing Annual Conference on November 18 in Qingdao, China. World Sailing seeks submissions for:

• Rolex World Sailor of the Year to be pre...

by Stuart Greenfield, offshore sailing coach
I began racing offshore properly in 1974 and, more than half a century and fourteen Fastnets later, one thing has barely changed: almost every offshore sailor starts on somebody else’s boat, at somebody else’s expense, usually without ever being told what it really cost to put them there.

That matters because ...

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News
I insert a thru-hull plug into my Alerion 28 hull when removing the speed/depth transducer, which is something I do to avoid barnacle growth on the paddlewheel. But I don’t do it enough, partly because it’s not easily accessible, and because the plug is broken. So, I wanted to remove one of my excuses.

The West M...

I’m looking for a moisturizer that hides the fact I’ve been tired for the past ten years.

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