Come sail over the horizon...engineless, junk-rigged and happy...more
by Nancy Knudsen, Editor on 10 Oct 2013
There will be a welcome mat out at Catalina Island for Californian cruising sailors and those to the north who are heading south this fall SW
With problems caused by Middle East conflicts and politicians who won't talk to each other, there might never be a better time to sail over the horizon. Maybe it's more than fortuitous that this week's issue is full of invitations of one sort or another to join a rally, sail in an exotic location or join a tall ship for a taste of sailing as it used to be.
There's the European Odyssey, the first rally I can remember which started in the heart of northern Europe and ended in the Canaries, the welcome mat is out on Catalina Island for boats cruising south in California, the World ARC is in countdown mode (but there's still time to join), the Christmas Caribbean Rally is enticing families with kids to join them across the Atlantic, and, finally the British tall ship the Lord Nelson still has spare berths for the crossing of the Tasman Sea from Sydney to Auckland – just a short flight away!
Kathy and Bob Groves are happily cruising, but instead of a Bavaria, a Beneteau or some other well known brand, they have chosen to build an engineless junk-rigged schooner. Read what it's like...
All over the world there are small attempts to use sailing boats for freight. This week we tell of a new one on the Hudson River, delivering goods to New York.
You never quite know who's berthed next to you, as a true grim mystery from the South Pacific shows; there's a story on the way AIS technology is getting more and more affordable; and if you're sailing in British waters you will need to diarise a depletion in weather forecasting quality next year.
Much more too, so read on, enjoy, and...
Sweet sailing!
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