The climate prediction center has moved from Neutral to El Niño watch (“A transition from ENSO-neutral is expected in the next couple of months, with a greater than 90% chance of El Niño persisting into the Northern Hemisphere winter.“). This is good for the Caribbean but not so good for the South Pacific.
How El Niño and La Niña effect tropical storms As a sailor, I am obviously concerned with tropical storms. These are my notes and “borrowed information” on how El Niño and La Niña effect tropical storms. In the Caribbean, we will probably haul out each hurricane season either in Grenada/Trinadad or in North Carolina. If
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That old argument: monohull or catamaran. Personally, I started on monohulls. I raced monohulls. I chartered monohulls. Then, after seeing cats at Moorings in the BVIs, I took the ASA CAT class. I later chartered cats out of the BVIs, St. Martin, St. Lucia and Sausalito, CA. What I enjoy about cats is the flat
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Trying to figure out everything you need to know while cruising to live, survive, thrive and stay safe (before you need to know it), is a bit of a challenge. I spent the better part of four years digging around the internet and playing with excel to try to get an idea of what we
