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.


Where is that little heater that needs those propane canisters? Surprise, sailor. It's cold!
The trips turned out to be more fun than sailing solo. Skippers and crew supported one another with advice and assistance.
Riding out hurricanes in two distinctly different sailboat cruising destinations. ~by Cindy Wallach
From an unusual anchor delay to the fastest transit of Delaware Bay I have made to date, to a powerful storm system arriving just minutes after setting the anchor, this was an exciting...
The benefits of joining a sailing club membership are many, not the least of which is fun. Let the good times roll.
A cruising sailor quickly learns that helpful souls in quirky machine shops seem to exist just down the lane in all boating towns. 
The people who voyage long term by sailboat, cruising sailors, are just as diverse as the boats they use and the places they go. 
For the determined and financially-savvy 20- or 30-something, finding the time, money, and experience to start living aboard and cruising full time is possible. I went on a four-month...
There is a certain rhythm a sailor achieves in a DIY boatyard, a logic-loop of deployment, use, and subsequent stowing-away of tools and supplies, a balance between projects and...

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