Taking advantage of our sailing charter’s off season, Captain Al and I headed down under to New Zealand. After one long flight and a few shorter flights we spotted the shoreline of New Zealand. What a beautiful coast line that is! We arrived from the west and on a beautiful clear day and we could see miles and miles of coastline . Continue reading “Traveling to New Zealand: Home of the 2021 America’s Cup”
So you’ve found the perfect person to spend the rest of your life with. The hard part is over! Now all you need to do is figure out how to propose. Continue reading “A perfect way to propose”
Sailing downwind in a cruising cat is not much different than any other sailboat. In this post two conditions, one of heavy wind 20 plus knots and one of light wind say 10 knots or less, are explained. Continue reading “Downwind Sailing a Cruising Catamaran”
This post, written by Captain Al, explains some of the sailing terminology you’ll need to understand while learning to sail. It’s all about how the wind and currents impact your sailing speed and direction. Continue reading “More Nautical Terms: Apparent and True Wind, Boat Speed, SOG and COG”
The Volvo Ocean Race in on again. The 7 boats are currently on their fourth leg having left Melbourne, Australia on January 2nd for Hong Kong. Continue reading “I love the Volvo Ocean Race”
Have you ever wondered why boating and sailing have so many specialty words instead of using the non-boating words that could easily be used and understood everyone? Is it just to separate the boaters from the non boaters or are there any other reasons for this lingo? Continue reading “Nautical Terms — The Basics (Part 1)”
Spoiler Alert: This post has some geeky sailing language. To help all you beginners we’ve put a glossary at the end of this post. (We’re nice like that.)
The asymmetrical spinnaker is our favorite sail. It is used for sailing downwind and you wouldn’t want to sail a cat without one. So what is this fancy sail? Continue reading “Learning to Sail: The Asymmetrical Spinnaker”
Newport, R.I and The America’s Cup are forever linked, as Newport was the venue for over 50 years. The Newport Daily News still carries the news of the America’s Cup races as the cover story on the Sports page. I doubt many other US newspapers do.
Captain Al and Kia are linked to the Cup in very different ways: Continue reading “America’s Cup Then and Now”
“Why charter a sail on a catamaran?” you might ask. Well, when trying to understand what makes a sail on a catamaran different than a traditional sailboat, you have to understand the basic structure of the boat. Continue reading “The Top Two Advantages of Sailing on a Catamaran”
Charter a Catamaran out of Newport RI 