Soundings Archives

Lessons from a false alarm at sea

April 9th, 2026

by Alison O’Leary, Soundings It took just minutes for our mayday beacon to ping off a NOAA satellite and reach

February 10th, 2026

There’s an old saying that the sea and inland waterways find out everything you did wrong—eventually. Maybe not on day

December 11th, 2024

Alec Brainerd’s Artisan Boatworks in Rockport, Maine is a modestly sized yard with about 16 employees that builds, restores, and

June 11th, 2024

The Soundings publication started 60 years ago, and to honor their anniversary, they took on the task of making a

March 24th, 2024

by Deb Whitehorse There’s a pattern here. Iceboating has been a source of inspiration for sailing technology innovations. The Harken

October 16th, 2023

While racing a Lightning, the author Prudence Brown Lev wonders if a father-daughter relationship can be strengthened at sea: Haul

February 13th, 2023

Will Sofrin relives a memory for Soundings Magazine that would help to launch his career as a professional mariner: I

May 24th, 2022

by Wendy Mitman Clarke, Soundings When James A. “Jim” McCurdy of McCurdy & Rhodes in 1985 designed the 38-foot cutter

April 5th, 2021

by Pim Van Hemmen, Soundings When it comes to diversity, the America’s Cup is still in the dark ages. This

October 22nd, 2017

by Mario Vittone, Soundings I knew a North Carolina Highway Patrol officer who once told me, “I’ve never unbuckled a