January-February 2016

Landfall, the nation’s leading marine outfitter and safety expert, will be offering the US Sailing and US Powerboating certified, Sound Boating Symposium at Mystic Seaport on Saturday, February 6, 2016

Derek has joined a growing list of sailors who have moved from diesel to electric. Most of them have recognized that electric is compatible with the experience or way they use their sailboat.

Editor’s note: In his most recent Coop’s Corner column, “Analog Digits,” Contributing Editor Joe Cooper asked whether inventions that purport to make sailing easier, such as “electronic sail trim,” are what sailors really need.

Editor’s note: For more than a year, we’ve been publishing Colin Rath’s “From the Log of Persevere” stories, in which he’s chronicling a worldwide cruise with his wife and three daughters.

Paul Risseeuw was a formidable champion of junior sailing. From the Pettipaug Yacht Club in Essex, he led thousands of kids through junior sailing programs.

Registration is open for the Cruising Club of America’s biennial US Sailing-sanctioned Safety at Sea Seminar, which will be held March 19 & 20 at the Marriott Hotel in Newport, RI.

Mistral Dodson, a Program Director at New England Science & Sailing Foundation (NESS) in Stonington, CT, was chosen as one of 2016 Southeastern Connecticut’s Annual “40 Under Forty” brightest young professionals.

The Composites Alliance of Rhode Island, headquartered in Bristol, RI, has hired marine and composites industry veteran Tripp Estabrook as Project Director.

The US Sailing Safety at Sea Committee has awarded the Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medals to a sailboat’s crew for their heroic efforts during the 2014 Newport to Bermuda Race.

But why do so many boats sink at their docks?