The Gulfstream, Everything You Wanted To Know

by John June 19, 2008

A friend of ours, who is a cruise ship captain, sent along the following list of links to everything, and I do mean everything, you have always wanted to know about the Gulf Stream. Some interesting stuff.

Bermuda Fitted Dinghies

by John June 19, 2009
A Bermuda Fitted Dinghy under sail

Bermuda is a very different place than it was 50 years ago when I was a child, but one of the few things that has endured from that time is the Bermuda Fitted Dinghy. Fourteen feet one inch long, alarmingly overcanvased, stubbornly old fashioned and raced with a six person crew, one of whom bails [...]

Don’t Get Caught In The Gulfstream

by John October 18, 2009
Jenifer's Clark's Gulfstream chart

It’s the time of year when many cruisers turn their eyes south and start planning a fall passage to Bermuda. I started sailing to and fro between Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast some 35 years ago. Back then we often took lumps and did not even know why.