Sail USA 11 Charter Gets Up Close To Bayfront Dining Spot By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger The suggestion was just a joke, but before I knew it, skipper Mark Strube had IL Moro, ITA-16, a 90-foot boat with a 150-foot mainsail that participated in San Diego's America's Cup, pointed straight at the new Portside Pier restaurants in San Diego … [Read more...]
Fun Things To Do In San Diego: Sailing Aboard An America’s Cup Sailboat
Sail USA 11 Provides A Unique Three-Hour Tour Of San Diego Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger It is one thing to look out onto beautiful San Diego Bay and quite another to be on San Diego Bay. There are a few ways to do this – aboard a Flagship or Hornblower cruise, the Coronado ferry, a jet ski or even a kayak – but there's nothing like the … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: Get Me Back On A Sailboat In The Virgin Islands
BVIs, Beach Bars, Rum & Tropical Music Are Always Calling Me By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger We raised the sails in Tortola And dropped a hook in Jost Van Dyke Killed our pain at the Soggy Dollar, Foxy's and the Paradise... – Eric Stone, "Sunsail" I was going through some photos of previous PubClub trips when I ran across pictures of me on a … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: A Choppy Sailboat Ride From Catalina To Los Angeles
Sailing Isn't A Lot Of Fun In These Conditions By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger On the mainland, the wind was whipping so hard windows were rattling and the Pacific Ocean waves were exploding into the jetties protecting the Southern California harbors. The beaches were not only empty, it was far too windy for even the daily die-hards to be playing … [Read more...]
Charter Sailboat Rentals In British Virgin Islands Could Resume By November After Irma
BVIs Premier & Minister Of Tourism Says 120 Boats Will Be In The Water By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Among the destruction, there is a beacon of hope for recovery in the British Virgin Islands. The charter companies that rent out sailboats to tourists – a key element in tourism to the area, as that is how most people vacation in the BVIs – … [Read more...]
What It’s Really Like To Be On A Sailboat In The Virgin Islands
Sailing The BVIs: A First-Hand Experience By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger We approach the bay, so slowly and quietly it almost seems as if as we are trying to sneak into it and launch a pirate attack, and start searching for a ball to grab. Not a beach ball or a volleyball, but a mooring ball. We are in the British Virgin Islands and we are on a … [Read more...]