Ontario’s climate is one of the most changeable anywhere in the world. Temperatures can range from 30 degrees at the height of the summer to minus 30 in the depths of the winter. The effect on the landscape is dramatic; a carpet of snow in winter, lush greenery in summer and a kaleidoscope of gold,…
With more than 8,000 kilometers of stunning coastline scattered with scores of tropical islands, a wonderful all-year climate and a warm and colorful population, it would seem that Brazil boasted all the necessary qualities to make it a premier superyacht destination. But until now, the Latin American country — first discovered by Portuguese seafarers more…
There’s nothing quite like a landfall. I’m writing this in a deserted upstairs bar at the Shelburne Harbour Yacht Club in a small town in Nova Scotia, just up the coast from Cape Sable and a four-day sail from Newport, Rhode Island. Technically this was the second leg of a trans-Atlantic cruise in our yawl…