Yahtzee’s Cruising Adventure Continues
November 26, 2024
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
October 26, 2023
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…
Alluring Alaska: The Ups, Downs and Rewards of Cruising “The Last Frontier”
July 20, 2023
Yahtzee anchored and stern-tied at Fox Island……
Editor’s Letter: The Joys of Summer Boating in the PNW
June 29, 2023
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
May 29, 2023
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…
Cruising Destinations,Featured
Yahtzee’s Colombian Hurricane Home and Spa
August 25, 2022
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…
A 10 Year Milestone: From the PNW to the Panama Canal
March 31, 2022
This article was originally published in the April 2022 issue of 48° North. Looking forward and aft — at what, I'm not exactly sure — our canal pilot, Francisco, says simply, “Slow down, we need to wait here.” I can feel…
Family Time Stateside & FAQs on Leaving Yahtzee
August 22, 2020
This post was originally published on SailingYahtzee.com... Plans are a funny thing when cruising. We've learned over the years not to make them too far in advance, and when we do, to take them as if they're written in the…