The Gates Of Hell

Cape Taineron is supposedly where Hades keeps the front door unlocked, and by the time we got there, I was inclined to believe it....

To Serve and Evict

As the waters closed over the 41 foot Tartan sailboat Spiritus, her captain closed his eyes, holding back tears. The captain of the freighter...

Good Read: DORF by Bob Bitchin

This work proves Schroedinger’s Cat Theory: A cat is imagined as being enclosed in a box with a radioactive source and a poison that will...

Raising my mast wasn’t fun!

Doing everything on the cheap can mean you run into many problems. Our 26ft. Dutch wooden boat ‘Blauwe Slenk’. I’d dropped her mast in...

Music Review: The Bilge Pump’s Greatest Hits

Every so often, something washes up on the digital beach that makes you glad you bothered to check the tide line. In this case,...

Unrequited Love

The little boat skipped across the water, her sails filled with warm summer wind and her owner standing proudly at the helm. Today was...

Buchan Dorades – High Quality in a Century-Old Design

If you’ve spent any time offshore, you already know that a dorade vent is not just shiny deck jewelry. It is a working piece...

Alan Olsen Receives Tall Ships America’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Alan Olsen taught Bob Bitchin how to sail! Alan Olson, the guy behind Call of the Sea and decades of getting people off the dock...

The Gold Ol’ Boys In The Good Ol’ Days!

Oh to be young again!  It was 1972, The year before the very first Toy Run. The following degenerates gathered in New Orleans for...

Windy City Boat & Yacht Show Drops Anchor in Chicago June 11-14, 2026

Chicago’s finally joining the grown-up cities with an in-water boat show. Took long enough. June 12–14, 2026, Burnham Harbor becomes a floating village of fiberglass,...

Galley Alchemy

Turning Limited Onboard Ingredients into Real Food We sailed from Roatán to Placencia, Belize aboard SV Dutch Love, arriving a few days before Christmas. Guests...

Watch Boat Geeks Here! – The Boat Geeks #44

This is the full 114 minute video! The Boat Geeks #44 - "Sailor Barry" Collins, popular YouTuber and Sail Cargo entrepreneur. Barry has long been harboring...

The Beginning Of Understanding

The Stone Witch held a 180 course until the end of day. Alan pulled out the charts and was showing us where we were...

SSCA 2026 Ladybug Event & Spring GAM!

A Blended Cruising Education & Fun Weekend On and Off the Water ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida (March 6–8, 2026) – The Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA)...

The Benford Captains Hats story!

American Quality in a Century-Old Design Hand-embroidered gold bullion wire — not a sewn patch Handcrafted in America with premium materials Perfect gift for...

John McKercher’s Lobcouse

One subject for any professional sailor best to avoid is writing about boat food. Knowing that most guys in my game; will eat almost...

Good Read: Starboard Attitude

This is the sequel to The Sailing Life. Once again, taking small vignettes from life at sea and bringing forth a lesson to be...

Micro-Movement Mastery

Creative strength & mobility workouts for life on a boat One of the great myths of boat life is that you need a gym, a...

BOOT 2026 In Dusseldorf

There was an excellent atmosphere in the exhibition halls when boot 2026, the world’s largest water sports trade fair, recently closed its doors in...

Turn Left instead of right! Change Your Life!

I think that life gets the most interesting when you turn left instead of right. Okay, so you are now scratching your head wondering what...

Inheriting The Helm : J.B. Gerlach Kindle Edition

by J.B. Gerlach (Author) Format: Kindle Edition Jonathan grew up with a wheel beneath his hand and a horizon to chase, a sailor from his...

Enjoying Light Airs

Whether you’re racing or cruising most of us go sailing for the peace and joy it brings using just the wind to power us...

Letters from The Lost Soul

The perennial bestseller from the man behind Latitudes & Attitudes is now available in paperback! This is an exciting and hilarious account of Bob...

Enjoy It While You Can

There is a sunset that sticks in my alleged mind that, to my memory, was the best sunset I have ever experienced. In the...

BLUE INNOVATION DOCK AT BOOT 2026

The blue innovation dock will be presented at the boot trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, from January 17 – 25, 2026 as the leading...

What A Difference A Week Makes – Cruising Cabo!

We had an ugly January. We’ve been kinda strapped down at home in the Tundra ( Minnesota to be exact ) since my wife’s...

After The Holidays- Skip The Resolutions, Start with reality!

After the holidays—no matter where you are—I’m pretty sure you gave yourself permission to enjoy the food. Cookies, cocktails, comfort meals, late nights… all...

Are We Normal? I think NOT!

What is it that drives normal people to do abnormal things? This question popped into my alleged mind while spending a weekend up in the...

Ground Swell Can Be A Hinderance or Even A Good Friend

There’s no doubt that any big swell can be a problem, especially with a monohull boat. It can become a recipe for damaging your...

Taking Responsibility

Within the past few months there have been a bunch of sea-related stories on the news that have made me want to shrivel up...

Emerald Bay – A Treb Lincoln Adventure

A novel featuring Treb Lincoln and others from A Brotherhood Of Outlaws. But now Treb is living on a Sailboat, and an explosion in...

The Cost Of Cruising

In case you haven't noticed, the cost of cruising is going up in the U.S.  Not only that, but it is getting to where there...

85th Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show

MIAMI — December 1, 2025 — The 2026 Discover Boating. Miami International Boat Show. Returns President’s Day weekend, Feb. 11–15. As one of the...

Cruisers Boat – Take A “Leap Of Faith”

This two-owner boat was purchased by the current owner in 2002 and in 2014 sailed from Canada to Mexico's Sea of Cortez where she...

Owning A Money Pit

After reading recently that it costs more to own a wooden especially an old one. It seems to me that the writer was missing...

Fair Winds, Charles Tobias: 91 Years of An Adventure-Filled Life

Some people spend their lives talking about adventure. Charles S. Tobias lived it. All of it. Every damn day. Born April 23, 1934, Charles crossed the bar...

Healthy Cruising – The Real Treasure: Community

If you’ve ever lived aboard or spent any real time in the cruising world, you already know this secret: the greatest luxury out there...

Learning To Dance On Water

You think a 27-footer is just a cute little coastal cruiser? Ha! Meet Genie, a 1988 Pearson 27 with more attitude than a cat...

Most Civilized?

We sailed into the anchorage at Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas just before sunset. It was the second island we'd visited since arriving in French...

We Gotta Be Nuts!

We gotta be nuts, ya know? Check it out...just what is it we all have in common? I mean besides smelly feet? Well? Ya know what it is? A...

Good Read: A Brotherhood Of Outlaws

By Bob Bitchin A Brotherhood of Outlaws is a novel, and has been called the most relevant look at the outlaw bikers culture in the...

A Typical Day Cruising!

It comes to mind that I have not really covered a typical day on an island in paradise. As we drove around Raiatea it...

CJ’s Monster Overfalls And G&T’s

Some years ago, we were passing between Coll and Tiree into a gap called the Gunna Sound which on a good day is about...

WAKE UP, OPEN UP – Cruising With Yoga Kim

No mat? No problem. Just a few mindful moves can shift everything. Sometimes we make things harder than they need to be — and yoga...

BOOT DÜSSELDORF 2026: OVER 1,000 BOATS AND YACHTS ON BOARD

Many international shipyards and dealers will again participate in the world's number one international boat and water sports trade fair in 2026 to present...

Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA)

The SSCA invites all cruisers, liveaboards, and boating enthusiasts to the 2025 Melbourne Cruisers Conference & GAM, held November 14–16 at the Front Street...

Saying Goodby To Katie Kitty, The Official Office Cat.

It was 10 years ago, at the Oakland Boat show, when Katie & Jessie Kitty were brought into the show in a box, with...

Custom Welcome Mats From Ahoy Captain

Let Them Know They Are Welcome Aboard! Kick off your deck shoes and step onto one of these “Welcome Aboard” mats — the kind of...

Good Read: Biker To Sailor

The mid ‘70s through the ‘80s were a unique time in King Harbor, Redondo Beach, CA. Boating in general was at a peak and there...

Go Out & Have An Adventure!

Did you ever notice how people just love to see others mess up? If you doubt me, just check it out the next time...

All Is Well With The World

If you own a boat, then you will understand the feeling that a boat owner gets every once in awhile that totally takes over...

New Designs: Oceanis Yacht 54

A Little Luxury Never Hurt Anyone! Now, I’ve seen a lotta boats in my time—some built to go fast, some built to float like condos,...

Sail from Newport, RI to Bermuda to St. Maarten in El Carib

SailOpo.com offers a handful of the greatest offshore sailing opportunities available to sailors wanting offshore miles and experience. Crew on one of three Swan yachts...

HAL is Here!

A free New SSCA Member Benefit The Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) is excited to introduce HAL (Hybrid Applied Layer, LLC'S HAL-CORE), a maritime AI...

And We Are Off!

We were sailing on a broad reach, doing about eight knots with 12 knots of wind coming over our port stem. The seas were...

boot Dusseldorf Is Coming!

The Worlds Largest Boat Show! The online ticket shop for boot 2026 is now open https://www.boot.com/en/Visit/Tickets_Vouchers. Admission prices for the world's largest trade fair for...

Sun, Moon & Tide: Resetting Your Natural Rhythm at Sea

One of the best parts about being at anchor is how quickly life starts to fall into a natural rhythm. You wake with the...

A Good Look-Out

When returning across the Atlantic between Bermuda and the Azores with the leg almost finished, I was awakened from a light nap one afternoon,...

“Sailing” From Japan to Vancouver By Way Of Alaska!

Part 5: Decadence and a little weather As the pilot boat guided our ship into the harbor, we got ready for a day in Kodiak....

New Designs: Hanse 590

A Real Boat for Real Sailors Who Still Like a Bit of Luxury Listen, there are a lot of boats out there that promise you...

Product Review: Wuloo Solar Wireless Alarm

Simple Security For Home, Boat, RV & more! We live way the hell out in the Sierra Nevadas. Remote enough that if someone knocks on...

Product Review: Keenan Filter Commander

It's either Fuel, Fuel or Fuel! Ever had your engine crap out at the worst possible moment? Of course you have. Happens to all of us...

Just Send It!

A lot of people think I’m crazy for leading women on motorcycles through countries I’ve never even been to. And maybe I am. But...

After Sturgis

From Bikernet.com While the rest of us were out riding the Black Hills during the 85th Sturgis Rally, Vicki Sanfelipo and her team of highly...

Get A Harley Davidson Owned By Bob Bitchin!

2011 Harley Davidson Tri-Glide , 22,300 miles. After riding forever 60 years I thunk the time has come to admit I am gettin’ old!  As...

Clear the Clutter, Catch the Wind

Cruising life has a way of stripping things down to what really matters. When you’re living on a boat, every item you bring aboard...

Sittin’ In The Dock Of The Bay

Have you ever noticed how many really great boats sit in their slips every weekend, week after week, month after month and year after...

Shoulda Named It STAAAP!!!

When the superyacht Go rammed into the pier at Sint Maarten Yacht Club in Simpson Bay, witnesses whipped out their phones to film the...

Rustic Tomato Soup

We’re a few weeks until fall and my favorite foodie season. I like to make big batches of soup for easy meals that can...

Sailor Appeals For Help To Find Drifting Boat In The Caribbean

Charlotte Cassin, a marine mechanic who has spent the last two years living aboard her sailboat Areva Manu, is asking for help after losing...

Campaigning An Old Classic yacht

I’ve made many mistakes in my life but that’s what any sailor does. Particularly if you’re in the pro. yachting game. When I was...

Orcas Attacking More Boats?

You spend enough time on the water, and you learn one thing fast: the sea’s got a wicked sense of humor. One day you’re...

I Hate Boats!

"I hate boats!" I shouted, at no one in particular. But since Jody was the only other person aboard the Lost Soul when I said...

Healthy Cruising: Why Nutrition at Sea Matters Most

When you’re sailing offshore or anchoring off a remote cay, your body becomes your most important piece of equipment. Just like your rigging or...

‘Nuther Hair-Brained Scheme From Bitchin?

Flotilla Charter in Tahiti?? In the couple years since selling Lats&Atts Jody & I kinda missed traveling... Today, as I was stroking Katie kitty (my...

Summer Sailstice 2025… a Sailing Success!

Summer Sailstice was started in 2001 by John Arndt with the goal of connecting sailors in a common celebration of sail. The 25th Anniversary of Summer...

Italian Herbed Tofu

Tofu: You either love it or hate it. I always hated it. And really, for no reason other than I once had an iguana...

Try THAT With A Chip!

The changes in sailing and navigation are pretty hard to keep up with.  I know that I get pretty confused, and I go to all...

New Designs: Selene Ocean Explorer 60

The Ocean Explorer series offers spacious living areas, exquisitely appointed cabins, and ample amenities that transform each journey into an unforgettable experience. From panoramic...

Good Read: BIKER

This was the first book by BB written in the late 780’s as he rode around the country and the world writing for various...

A Typical Day At Sea!

It comes to mind that I have not really covered a typical day on an island in paradise. As we drove around Raiatea it...

“Sailing” From Japan to Vancouver By Way Of Alaska!

Part 4 Russia is a cold place, and into the Bering Straits We woke up to a foggy morning, reminiscent of cruising the coast of...