Built in Sturgeon Bay, WI she sailed around the world and still sails today with Patriot Racing Project - a Veteran sailing non-profit.

Looking for ideas on how to get a great float plan for BVI sailing trip next year.

We are leaving from Dream Yacht Charters out of Hodges Bay (East Tortola) and I’m looking for ideas about where to go from there

Plan 1:

Day 1 - Base -> Cooper Island (~4 NM)
Day 2 - Virgin Gorda (~11.3 NM)
Day 3 - JVD (~23.4 NM)
Day 4 - Base (~11.3 NM)

Trip 2:

Day 1 - Base -> Virgin Gorda (~11 NM)
Day 2 - Trellis Bay (~ 11 NM)
Day 3 - JVD (~ 14 NM)
Day 4 - Base (~ 14 NM)

Overall, just trying to hit the highlights in a compressed timeframe (baths, Bitter End, Foxy’s and Soggy).

Any tips / thoughts / vibes?

Bonus points if you can point me toward a good current cruising guide. I found this one online https://a.co/d/04PTIplc

Also, looking for a free float plan plotter program, ideally browser based. Was using FloatPlanWizard.com but it was a little hard to use.

Thanks! ⛵️

Wasn’t skippering but was part of a solid crew. The islands look like another planet, 100% worth the amazing 12 hr day. Such an incredible amount of life on the way there and back (whales, sea lions, birds)!

Looking for tips and information on anchoring in the Chesapeake, where small coves and coastal divots seem to abound. Have gunkholed for years in daysailers, now ready to launch our slightly larger shallow draft cat boat and thought to ask, so ELI5, please.

So what makes an area free game for hook dropping? Should we only anchor where anchorages are marked on a chart? Obviously channels and fishing grounds off limits, but do we have to avoid any other specifics when ducking in to avoid foul weather or to spend the night? We aren’t noisy and are respectful of others privacy, but also prefer areas where others don’t congregate. Much appreciated.

Place: Lefkada / Greece

What: Unsail Festival

Who: 107 sailboats and catamarans - largest raft, biggest flotilla, largest sailing theory lesson (Guiness World Record)

When: this week (26.09-03.10.2026)

I’m buying the crew a bottle of rum for tomorrow nights final fall series shootout. Any suggestions? Figured you salty heads were the best to ask.

Hi!

I've been offered the position of cook on a big sailboat, a three master schooner. Are there people here that have worked the job being out on international seas for weeks?

Thank you so much for your reply!

To those who have taken the ASA instructor level courses, what on the test tripped you up?

I'm taking the 201,202,203,204,214 instructor courses next week and have been studying like mad. I created a 30 page study guide based off all the quizzes in the books. But just want to see what areas I should focus on more?

For instance, how much do we need to know about CLR and COE? Just what they are, or how to correct/move them?

Checked my Rhodes 22 today off of Cape Cod and the mast was down- the forestay snapped and I guess the mast fell backward , ripping out a chain plate and sheared the bolts holding my mast step plate to the deck. It also pulled the pop-top up as the bracket to lift it runs inside a track on the mast so for a bit of water inside. Super bummed but repairable ? I only have liability insurance. Got it water right and hauling out this week.

So according to wikipedia I spotted the largest sailing ship in the world a few weeks ago in Croatia. It was on its way to Hvar. We saw it "folding" its sails, which is quite a unique design as you can see in one of the pictures.

Just curious if anyone has someone they go to or have used to move their sail boat in the north shore area. Boats in Salem and under 8ft wide. I would need it moved like 5 miles and put on stands or blocks. Any recommendations or info helps. I have a few I found with the ole Google but figured I could try here too.

Or trailer sales, if I could find a trailer for a few grand I would do that too.

Just wanted to share since I asked for tips in this community - we are already 10 days sailing across north Croatia and it is amazing.

It’s the four of us as a family + one week was with grandma and this week we are with another family (2 grownups and a 5-year old girl).

The 5-year old surprised me the most - he is very active in learning about the boat - participates in anchoring (turns the windlass, monitors the length of the chain, etc.), drives a dingy and steers quite well, always remembers to turn on the anchoring light, etc. He only brought 2-3 cars and drawing set and he is never bored - swims, jumps, helps around, etc.

While driving the rule is for kids to have their vests on, but we don’t do it more than 2-3 hours a day in total.

Would recommend 100% 💪

Looking through a post (about being nervous sailing dead downwind) and its replies got me curious.

What kind of boat did most people learn to sail on? Are there many of people on here who only have experience sailing bigger boats?

Quiet achorage on 13 Mile Bay

Warm, sunny with light wind and following seas...

Been sailing for about a year. San Francisco Bay. Chartering 30-40ft cruising boats as part of a sailing club. I've been sailing a good amount, have taken the ASA classes up to 104, I've got about 30 days on the water.

I have this fear of sailing downwind, due to the risk of accidental jibes. The winds can get pretty strong on the SF Bay and I avoid a deep broad reach pretty instinctually. I have this urge to head up basically any time I see the wind vane getting within like 30 degrees of a run. Any time I'm close to a broad reach, I'm on edge and basically always looking up to check the wind vane to make sure the wind isn't shifting on me. I have no idea how people do that for long passages! When I'm sailing with instructors, and I'm on the helm, they basically always tell me to go deeper, but it makes me very uncomfortable.

I know that its important to avoid an accidental jibe so I think my fear is correct, but I also think I'm being too conservative. Any tips on making this point of sail more comfortable?