News for and about cruising sailors, their regional clubs and club directory, the 100-day SpinSheet Century Club challenge, and favorite sailing destinations on the Chesapeake Bay.


Ten common-sense tips for anchoring to help ensure you and your sailing crew enjoy your time on the hook.
It's not a dating club, it's a social sailing club where people can share learning and good times and make great friends.
Sail up, drop the hook, and shuttle your overflow crew ashore for the night to camp.
A Q&A with an experienced bluewater sailing couple about their different paths to ocean sailing and what they've discovered racing and cruising together. 
Prepping your sailboat for a sale involves photos, lists, purging, eliminating quirks, and more work than most sailors plan for. 
When a sailing family upgrades from a Sunfish to a 33-foot sloop, they face a learning curve.
It isn’t other people’s expectations or fears that will impact how you and the cruising life get along—it is you and how you choose to react to bad decisions, bad luck, and bad days.
With a first year of distant cruising under their belts and several more years of preparation for their journey, an offshore sailing couple shares their tips.
The author signs up for an offshore passagemaking opportunity of a lifetime with Captain Tania Aebi, solo circumnavigator and author of "Maiden Voyage."

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