A horizon
worth preparing for


Practical knowledge, refined gear, and timeless seamanship for bluewater sailors.

Explore the journey

Classic, capable cruising sailboats built for distance, comfort, and confidence offshore.

Tayana 37 under sail

Feature boat

Tayana 37

A timeless bluewater cruiser with legendary balance, sturdy construction, and ocean-proven capability.

36′8″LOA
11′6″Beam
5′8″Draft
22,500 lbDisplacement
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Yearly passage loop from the East Coast through Bermuda and the Caribbean

Yearly passage plan

Follow the weather.
Complete the loop.

A seasonal Tayana 37 route from the East Coast to Bermuda and the Caribbean, returning through the Bahamas, Florida and Maine—with passage charts, arrival maps and leg-by-leg planning information.

Explore the yearly plan

Coastal field guide

Find room
to swing.

Browse legal, free and restricted anchorage maps by state, with full-size charts for planning your next coastal stop.

Open anchorage guide
South Carolina legal anchoring areas map South Carolina restricted anchoring areas map

Not an escape.
An expedition.

The goal is to build the experience, judgment and systems required for extended offshore sailing—and eventually, a voyage measured in oceans rather than weekends.

This page will document the full process: choosing the right boat, developing seamanship, preparing for offshore conditions and learning from each passage along the way.

01

Freedom

The ability to move deliberately, live simply and let curiosity define the next destination.

02

Seamanship

Competence earned through study, repetition, weather awareness and time on the water.

03

Self-reliance

Building the practical judgment to maintain systems and solve problems far from shore.

04

Exploration

Reaching new places slowly enough to understand the distance traveled between them.

The voyage begins
before departure.

Turning a distant ambition into a sequence of practical, testable decisions.

01

Platform

Find the right boat

  • Offshore-capable design
  • Manageable systems
  • Survey and refit planning
02

Skills

Build competence

  • Navigation and weather
  • Heavy-weather sailing
  • Maintenance and repair
03

Systems

Prepare for autonomy

  • Energy and water
  • Safety and communications
  • Provisioning and redundancy
04

Experience

Expand the range

  • Coastal passages
  • Offshore shakedowns
  • Longer independent voyages

From idea to open ocean

Progress,
charted.

The route is intentionally flexible. Each stage earns the confidence and information required to take on the next one safely.

01
Now

Research & definition

Clarify the mission, boat criteria, budget and training path.

02
Next

Boat search & preparation

Select, survey and prepare a vessel for the intended passages.

03
Build

Coastal experience

Test systems and decision-making through progressively longer trips.

04
Extend

Offshore passages

Develop blue-water experience with deliberate route expansion.

05
Horizon

Long-range exploration

Let preparation, conditions and experience shape the voyage ahead.

Field notes coming next

The story will live
in the details.

Future entries will cover the boat search, training, equipment choices, passages and lessons that turn preparation into real experience.

Log 001Defining the missionComing soon
Log 002The offshore boat shortlistComing soon
Log 003Building the passage planComing soon
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