I got up this morning climbed into shorts and walked over to the marina. It was already in the 70′s and the strong Santa Ana winds from yesterday were beginning to abate. Sure enough, by mid afternoon a gentle breeze from the Northwest kicked in. Winter sailing in Southern California can generally be some of [...]

SailTime Channel Island’s Hunter 326 “Imagine” Member, Randy Bush, shares new sailing terms, one of his regular sailing crew, Beverly, uses to find her way around the boat: BARNACLE:  The compass housing on a boat.   ex: “Where did you put the barnacle cover?”  LARIAT:  A storage compartment in the cockpit of a sailboat.  ex:  “I [...]

Since 2004, there has been a clear cut advantage to sailboat ownership emerging on the waters of North America and the UK in particular. Fractional Sailing is a good idea, period. But in tough economic times, when you need to make every buck work for you, it could be the difference between sailing and not [...]