#TBT: Making the Most of the Spring Season
In our latest Throwback Thursday, we take a look at the spring-time shifts we make as boaters in the PNW to prepare for the summer cruising season.
It was late February when a plan for heading…Translating PNW Cruising Skills Abroad
Swinging on anchor in a picturesque cove in the eastern Caribbean, my wife Jill and I still love reminiscing about special places in the Pacific Northwest where we’ve had the good fortune to drop our hook. A few nights ago,…
#TBT: Choose Your Winter Cruising Adventure
In out latest Throwback Thursday, enjoy 48° North editor Andy Cross's third article in the series about winter cruising destinations around the Salish Sea. If you missed the others, be sure to check them out: Winter…
Yahtzee’s Cruising Adventure Continues
Five years after sailing south from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, 48° North Editor, Andy Cross, and his family are making tracks again in the Caribbean.
by Andy Cross
Favorite Offseason Anchorages
Top spots to visit when the nip of winter arrives The first big fall storm arrived in the Pacific Northwest recently, and the images and stories it brought to mind were familiar. While living aboard and cruising our Grand…
Editor’s Letter: Anchorages and Marinas
A while back, I found myself in a casual conversation with other cruisers when someone commented, “We always anchor, we never go to marinas.” “Ok, that’s fine,” I remember thinking at the time. Conversations like these…
Editor’s Letter: Racing Rewards in the Pacific Northwest
The smell of hot dogs wafted through the cockpit from the grill on our boat’s stern, and laughter rang out from friends sitting on the side deck and perched on the cabin top after a sappy joke. We were making way, but the…
#TBT: Savoring the Fall Cruising Season
In our latest Throwback Thursday, 48° North Editor Andy Cross offers up some tips for fall cruising success in the Pacific Northwest. With Yahtzee in a full sprint southward down Padilla Bay, I sat to leeward, looked up at…
Editor’s Letter: The Season for Learning
A couple weeks ago, I sat on a yacht club lawn in a white Adirondack chair and watched as my boys and the rest of the summer sailing campers in their weeklong class put away boats. Porter, our oldest at 11, helped fold the…