MIAMI—At the last minute, the U.S. State Department squashed year-long plans for the first team of U.S. anglers and their 40 U.S. flagged sport-fishing boats to participate in the annual
Byline: Capt. Pat Rains MARINA DEL REY — Del Rey Youth Foundation is coordinating a feasibility study for a new sailing event to be held mid-November 2014. The cruise, for
Byline: Capt. Pat Rains Right now, more than 4,000 West Coast recreational boaters — commonly referred to as “yatistas” — are preparing to head south this fall into Mexican waters.
Byline: Capt. Pat Rains What do first-timers really need to know about cruising in Mexico? What surprises do they have in store, good or bad? What one thing should they
Byline: Capt. Pat Rains PANAMA — Fees charged for all vessels that transit the Panama Canal are scheduled to increase dramatically on Oct. 1, so cruisers planning to “switch oceans”
Byline: Capt. Pat Rains MARINA DEL REY — Circumnavigator and filmaker Bruce Kessler of Del Rey Yacht Club is organizing a new powerboat rally in the style of the biennial
Byline: Capt. Pat Rains This year’s cruising rally to El Salvador has public service as its goal. A project called “Just Water” is aimed at donating special drinking-water filter kits
Byline: Capt. Pat Rains Armada de Mexico (the Mexican navy) must have been busy last year. In its monthly Avisos (Notice to Mariners), it reported that during 2011, personnel found
