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.


Although Holly and Ron Foster had been sailboat owners who daysailed for several years, buying a cruising boat and learning the...
What do you do when dismasted at sea, 300 miles from shore? Here's part 2 with video.
Richard inspects what's left of Molto Bene's mast.
What do you do when you experience a dismasting at sea, 300 miles from land?   
At the tail end of 1973, a young sailor launches an old boat and takes a New Year's Eve night sail to remember. 
A Chesapeake liveaboard gives tips on decorating your boat for the holidays. ~by Cindy Wallach
Annapolis liveaboard sailor Cindy Fletcher-Holden remembers a Christmas she spent aboard in Portugal where she spent a season.
Annapolis Yacht Sales takes Team SpinSheet for a spin on the new Beneteau 40.1 sailboat who proved to be a nimble yet roomy cruiser.
For weekends and long-range trips, here are some tips for new sailing families and those who may...
Sailing at night, all I could see of the real Haiti ahead of me was an imposing mountainous silhouette, jagged and threatening, inky black against the starlit sky.

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