Crossing the English Channel, Traditionally
Happy Return is the last of the traditional Cornish luggers, originally built to fish for pilchard and herring. (peter may/)ust as the boat cleared the headland, it slammed hard into 15- and 16-foot w...
What’s that (Underwater) Noise?
The snap, crackle, pop you hear isn’t coming from your cereal—the sounds are courtesy of marine life. (Nature Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo/)You’ve finally dropped the hook in that lovel...
Night Sailing
When conditions are benign and the moon is bright, night watches are magical indeed. (Lin Pardey /)I sat on the cockpit coaming, clear of the doghouse, where I could scan the horizon for fishing boats...