oceans

I am looking at purchasing an Ericson 36c. I am mostly interested in long distance cruising and Bluewater passages. I need a boat that can cruise the Caribbean, and possibly cross oceans, safely. I'm not looking for anything that is super fast, nor do I have much desire to race. It looks like a...

Anyone following this race? Now Alex Thomson has lost his keel 1000 miles S of Cape Town and Golding is going to rescue him. Stamm is all alone in front and even assuming, hopefully, that Thomson is safely rescued, the leg to Freemantle is now a complete shambles. The problem with this race...