Thanksgiving Aboard
Rewarding No Matter Where You Go or What You Eat The sweet smell of pumpkin pie wafted through the cabin and out of the companionway as Jill hoisted the tasty dessert up to me. Admiring it, I gently placed it under Yahtzee’s…
Sailing With Strangers
Finding Worldwide Voyaging Experiences Aboard Other People’s Boats Finding a boat looking for crew is now easier than ever, like this delivery connection the author found through OceanCrewLink. In the Pacific Northwest, we…
Dancing Bear Magic
A passage from Haida Gwaii to Tofino brings big winds, seas and learning opportunities. On July 3, 2023, there was a decision to be made by the captain and crew aboard the Cal 40, Dancing Bear, on the last leg of our…
Transformation and Therapy for Veterans on the Sea
The author, relaxed at the helm of his Cooper 416 while cruising in British Columbia in early 2022. For a former Marine, the beauty, joy, challenge and camaraderie of sailing brings immense healing. I find peace on the sea.…
Mischief on the Edge
Sharing the knowledge — socializing in Shearwater. Our rather daring goal for the 2023 cruising season was to explore some of the inlets on British Columbia’s North Coast that are on the edge of the Pacific Ocean and Hecate…
Predicaments in Paradise
Since buying our 1984 Grand Soleil 39, Yahtzee, in Seattle in 2012, our family has cruised over 15,000 miles from Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska, south through Mexico, Central and South America, and now in…
Shifting Gears: A Summer-to-Fall Cruise
Dean, Dennis, and Alan on Kingfisher. There is a tipping point in late August where summer gives way to the cooler, shorter days of early fall; and it always seems to happen during our annual boat trip. We tried to schedule…
#TBT: Sleeping 5 on a Catalina 22
The following article was published in the February 2010 issue of 48° North by Michael Karangelen Our latest Throwback Thursday shares a story from a family of five who love small boat cruising in the South Sound. Sleeping…
#TBT: Fall Cruising Adventures – Circumnavigating Fidalgo Island
In our latest Throwback Thursday, 48° North Editor Andy Cross takes a look down memory lane at a classic fall cruising adventure around Fidalgo Island. “Why not go down to Deception Pass?” my buddy Mike asked as I took a…
Passage Report: Port Townsend to San Francisco
The author battled seasickness, but could still appreciate the beauty of a Pacific sunset. With years of dreaming, planning, and boat work in our wake — and after days of moving out of our apartment, loading the boat up with…
