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OK, after only a few days or so on this Oyster 575 with the soft dodger and bimini top, we can really see the advantage of a hard dodger (like you can order on a Hallberg-Rassy). We have a few light rain storms coming through each morning (we're in St. Barth's right now) and I'm trying to keep dry in the cockpit to write this article and can't.

In the many years we spent exploring the Caribbean we'd never made it to St. Bartholemy. During our years of flying, St. Barth's was intriguing but off limits to us as the runway is renowned in the aviation world for being one of the toughest to handle. The French agree as they insist on you taking a course and annual test ride with an instuctor to be able to land there. Without good...

Our charter yacht was waiting for us in this beautiful marina located near the center of the capital city of St. Martin, Marigot. The marina choices in the area include any number of ones located in nearby Simpson Bay however access is more restricted as you can only go in or out of the lagoon at certain times of the day. Marina Ft. Louis proved to be a great location for a number of...

Well, seems only proper that the first article on this website is about an upcoming sailing trip in the Caribbean. Starting in St. Martin (Sint Maarten) we will pick up a charter and spend some time enjoying the cruising life for a while. Getting away from winter in Europe will a be nice change however things are just starting to move into Spring around here and we expect to find the...

I read through this once and found that I really need to read it through many more times. The knowledge, experience and guidance this book provides is something you can't just read about. You have to try it yourself with your yacht. The authors have immense experience in setting all kinds of anchors in all sorts of conditions. Through nice illustrations and photographs they show you...

This has been an invaluable book for me not only because it's filled with an amazing amount of material that I read over and over again but... it's small enough to fit in a pocket so I end up taking it with me a lot. It's also very concise and can be used more like a reference tool rather than a book to learn from.

Since I have a background in dealing with weather from an aviation viewpoint, I thought I wouldn't have a lot to learn from this book but I was wrong. Excellent illustrations combined with layman text make for a fantastic learning tool for newbies and experts alike. Wish I'd had this book when I first started learning about the weather. Regardless, it's a book I'll keep on the yacht...

These photos were taken on a flying circumnavigation of the world in 2008. We left from the USA in May and returned three months later newly awakened to how many wonderful places and people there out there. It culminated twenty years of flying for Art and eight years of flying for Tracy. Although well traveled before this trip on separate circumnavigations of both South Amerinca in...