Across the Bar: Robert (Rob) Wilson Ball – 1943-2022
Rob Ball’s legacy will live far beyond his years. I was shocked to hear of the recent death...
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Author: Rob Mazza
Book Review: Green Ghost, Blue Ocean – No Fixed Address
This is a remarkable story of one couple’s 17-year, 40,000-mile adventure that chronicles their...
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Book Review: A Memoir by Bruce Kirby, Designed by Mark Smith
The late Bruce Kirby was one of the most influential yacht designers of the 20th century. Though...
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Nonsuch 36 Design Comparison
…and Two More Freestanding-Rigged, Solid Sailers. Looking for boats to compare to the...
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Book Review: The First Fleet
If you were to try and pick the day (yes, the very day) that the United States was founded, what...
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Ready to Come About Book Review
Ready to Come About is both an inspiration and a cautionary tale. I met the author, Sue Williams,...
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Sea Trial: Sailing After My Father Book Review
Sea Trial is two and a half stories in one, with each story perfectly complementing the other....
Read MoreDenouncement in Design
A variety of factors contributed to the end of yacht design’s golden age. I recently finished reading Dick Carter’s autobiography, Dick Carter: Yacht Designer in the Golden Age of Offshore Racing. Beyond the story of...
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Crealock 37/Pacific Seacraft 37 Boat Comparison
In the late 1960s and early ’70s, boats designated as “cruising yachts” tended to follow...
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Game of Sails: Book Review
I don’t read romance novels; this is the first romance novel I have ever read. But this book was...
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