Yacht Club Chic
Rowing Blazers says the clients at its brick-and-mortar store regularly include members of the New York Yacht Club. (Courtesy Rowing Blazers/)During the 20 years that Jack Carlson was a competitive ro...
Docking Tales
The show must go on, but go slowly—or else. (Steve Haefele/)I hate crosswind landings,” my pal Hank said after seeing a video of a docking attempt by a skipper manhandling a 70-footer. Armed with ...
New Boat, Old Boat
Kraken, a Kaiser Gale Force 34, sailing in the Bahamas in the 1990s. (Tom Bailey/)It’s a dim, drizzly morning, and the truck that bore Kraken from Florida awaits us at the entrance to the marina. ...
Ocean Cleanup Device Update 2020
The Ocean Cleanup Savors its First Successful Trash Harvest!
The Ocean Cleanup is the brainchild of Dutch twenty-something entrepreneur, Boyan Slat, who introduced his concept at a 2012 TEDx talk. Tod...
Navigating Bridges and Locks
How To Safely Navigate Under Bridges and Through Locks
Just when you think you’ve gotten the basics of nautical navigation and electronic chart management down, along come additional obstacles in th...
Inside the Stunning New Cabrits Resort & Spa Kempinski Dominica
Located on the northwest coast of the island, Cabrits Resort & Spa Kempinski Dominica enjoys a secluded location alongside a national park. (Kempinski /)The first lesson I learned upon landing in Domi...
All Hail the Sky Princess
Gourmet dining, an open-air amphitheater, adults-only fun—the Sky Princess has it all, and this ship takes everything to another level. (Princess Cruises /)I knew the exact moment I had found my hap...
Preparing for the Olympic Offshore Sailing Marathon
Loick Peyron and Amélie Grassi, of France, explore the coed challenges of the new mixed doublehanded Olympic discipline. (Christophe Launay/DPPI/)The moon has set, and now it’s really dark. My pa...
Best All-Inclusive Resort Bars: Islands 2020 All-Inclusive Awards
Read on for our 2020 All-Inclusive Awards winners. (Islands staff /)Our editors and writers scoured the globe to find the best all-inclusive resorts based on standout offerings, from top-notch dining ...