News for and about cruising sailors, their regional clubs and club directory, the 100-day SpinSheet Century Club challenge, and favorite sailing destinations on the Chesapeake Bay.


St. Croix has become truly special to us. It is a little off the beaten path, and we can walk to the scuba shop from the dinghy dock, rent tanks without a guide, and be...
An orca encounther while sailing on the open Atlantic, off Portugal, in a 28-foot Albin Vega, headed for Lisbon. ~ by Duncan Spencer
A Chesapeake sailor's bucket-list adventure doing a transatlantic passage aboard a friend's new catamaran. ~By John W. Robinson
The Abacos offer cruising sailors 120 miles of crystal waters and isolated beaches to explore. ~By John Herlig
A typical week onboard for a liveaboard sailor deep into the winter on the Chesapeake Bay. ~By TJ Butler
While San Francisco Bay is the largest estuary on the West Coast, several facts size up our Chesapeake as being far superior compared to its California counterpart.
Learning to sail at the same time she learned to walk gave Melanie Neale all the material she needed to write her memoir, “Boat Girl.”
The Herrington Harbour Sailing Association Women's Cruise was a time to improve cruising skills and an opportunity to connect with some amazing women sailors.
There are few places I have visited that are as magical as French Polynesia. Our sailing adventure started at the Sunsail base on the island of Raiatea, where we rented a 38-foot...

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