
Update 30 August: From Kirk Patterson – Konpira Consulting, based in Kyushu: “As it turns out, Shanshan seems not to have had any significant impact on marinas and their boats....
Reprinted with permission from Konpira Consulting For many years, Japan was “terra incognita” on the world cruising map. Few cruisers came to Japan and those who did typically passed through...
The Other Pacific: North of the Equator If sailors think of the Pacific idyll, it’s probably the real or an imagined Tahiti that comes to mind. At any rate, it’s...