Offshore Brief publishes practical and analytical articles for blue water cruisers on topics such as customs and VAT on shipped parts, trends in ocean-crossing numbers, and diesel fuel system maintenance. Each issue opens with a short TLDR, then covers the subject in depth with experience-based advice.
Website: https://www.offshorebrief.com/
A first-person blog from a Sundeer 64 cruising sailboat documenting boat maintenance and self-built fixes, including an engine control box, winch motor brush clips, and rigging fitting installation. Each post gives concrete technical detail and the reasoning behind it, useful to other owners doing their own work.
A bluewater cruising newsletter for prospective ocean sailors, covering autopilot reliability, electrical systems and lithium battery integration on a planned Atlantic crossing. Each issue weighs specific gear options with concrete specs and a first-person planning perspective.
Yacht Racing Life is a reader-supported newsletter from British sailing journalist Justin Chisholm covering competitive sailing, with interviews and features on America's Cup and SailGP teams, yacht design, and multihull cruising. Readers get long-form, reported stories with direct quotes and technical detail.
Holloway & Hare is a long-form English-language newsletter on British country and sporting traditions, covering topics such as the Twelfth grouse season, Cowes Week and the Head of the Charles regatta. Its issues are historical features that trace the origins and social customs behind these events.
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