Just over 30 ships and sailing vessels are trying their best to navigate the Northwest Passage. North West Passage Initial outlook for ice didn’t give much comfort to all who...

Source: Ocean Cruising Club There were no crossings by sail of the Northwest Passage during 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic and the closing of the waterways to prevent...

Hurricane Fiona (image from National Hurricane Center) Hurricane Fiona, the first major hurricane of the 2022 season, battered Puerto Rico with catastrophic flooding rains and strong to damaging winds, severing...

Elsa started out as a Tropical Storm in the Caribbean’s Windward Islands, affecting Barbados, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Guadeloupe. Hurricane/Tropical Storm Elsa’s wind history As...

Published 31 January 2011 ‘S/Y Tairua’, a Bowman 48DS, has spent some 7 years cruising the Pacific North West from a base in Point Roberts, WA. In 2010 we decided...