Close to the Water:The Fourth Dimension
Joining the party aboard the E&E Paddlefish. It was well past my usual bedtime when I was invited aboard the Paddlefish, along with my friends Mia and RJ. The Bee Gees were pumping through speakers; tinsel and disco…
Sailing the Worries Away:Cruising with My Mother
The author's mother aboard Hecate in Princess Louisa Inlet. When I first got my 1965 Pearson Triton, I sent my mother an original advertisement for it along with the accompanying text, copied from the official Pearson Yachts…
#TBT: The Kindest Coast
In our latest Throwback Thursday, take a ride with two best friends as they navigate the Inside Passage on a San Juan 24. From the May 2005 issue of 48° North Leaning on the rail of the ferry as it rumbled away from the…
Goodwill in Whittier
Essential Assistance from New Friends Darwin Sound racking up the miles downwind under spinnaker. Assistance given from one boater to another without concern for compensation or much acknowledgment is a wonderful and unique…
Registration Now Open for 48° North’s 2023 Cruising Rally
The 48° North Cruising Rally is back for another great year, running from July 23-28, 2023. Registration recently opened, so sign up and join the fun! Some of the 2021 Rally crew. TL;DR: Sign up here! The 48° North Cruising…
Furthering the Circle:OWSA’s Group Charter Success in the Islands
Deb on the bow of the Beneteau 41, Ardent. Students and mentors affiliated with the Oregon Women's Sailing Association (OWSA) came together in September 2022 to charter boats and cruise to the Gulf Islands in British…
The Cruising Cure
With Jill at the helm and me working lines and placing fenders, we coaxed Yahtzee off the dock against the protests of a stiff cross-breeze at Cap Sante Marina in Anacortes. It was one of those winter southeasterlies that…
Three Sheets NW:A Van Isle Cruiser’s Hat Trick
Sunrise over Vancouver Island on approach to their first post-passage anchorage. It was the porpoises that sealed the deal. When your summer cruising plans are to circumnavigate Vancouver Island, you have to be prepared to…
TBT: The Dreaded Christmas Cruise
From the December 2019 issue of 48° North. The grinchiest of pooches, Barfy the Boat Dog, might burst your yuletide bubble... or not. This twinkly, tinsel-draped, hull-decking holiday can jingle all the way to hell, as far…
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…