#TBT: One Tack & Two Jibes, Alaska to San Francisco
Being the time of year when some Pacific Northwest cruisers are heading south, we're throwing it back to the Yahtzee crew's memorable 1,300-miles romp from Alaska to San Francisco. Wedged between the lee cloth and cushions…
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
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…
Editor’s Letter: The Joys of Summer Boating in the PNW
Eleven years ago this month, my wife Jill and I finalized the purchase of our beloved 1984 Grand Soleil 39 on Lake Union and couldn’t have been more excited. Starry-eyed youngsters, we celebrated with beers on the patio of…
A Tale of Two Passages: Colombia>Aruba>Curaçao
We've owned the good ship Yahtzee for 11 years now and, with all the passages in our wake and the places we've been, our family has learned a lot about life and the realities of living aboard a traveling sailboat. Besides…
Yahtzee’s Colombian Hurricane Home and Spa
It was about 8:15 a.m. when I climbed off Yahtzee's stern onto the dock in Cartagena. The sun had been up for a couple hours and the Caribbean heat was already blazing. As I slid into my flip-flops and shouldered my…