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Racing: Doublehanded I was born in 1955, and although I was a tad young to actually follow the first Observer Single-Handed Transatlantic Race, I grew up in the age of the pioneers

Nice update by John Kantor. Enjoy!

The Virgin Islands 29 months after Irma and Maria Community Article posted by John Kantor about The Virgin Islands 29 months after Irma and Maria on BoatTalent.com.

There’s a new helpful article written by a BoatTalent.com member. Check it out:

https://www.boattalent.com/new-york/oyster-bay/articles/take-the-stress-out-of-docking-your-boat-86

Take the stress out of docking your boat If you have spent anytime around boats you've seen this happen or worse done this yourself, as a boat comes into the dock you hear the roar of the engines/engine and the moving of water just before the sound of fiberglass hitting wood or worse more fiberglass followed by the gasps ...

https://www.boattalent.com/connecticut/westport/articles/virgin-gorda-17-months-after-irma-85

Virgin Gorda 17 months after Irma Old-timers in the British Virgin Islands remember major hurricanes by name. Before Irma struck in September 2017 Hugo (1989) had been the unchallenged benchmark. That’s all changed. Irma is now considered the “mother of all hurricanes”, as one BVI grandfather put it. “Hugo was a baby compare...

A day aboard a Bermuda pilot boat, and what a pilot boat really does While on stopover from a catamaran delivery in Bermuda, I had a chance to jump aboard St. George's, Bermuda's pilot boat while they went out for a dispatch onto a cruise ship. It was neat to see how well the pilot boat took the 10 ft seas, to watch them come alongside the huge ship, and to watch the...