Three years ago, I sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Town, South Africa, to Martinique, in the Caribbean. I was aboard Saltbreaker, a 32-foot 1979 Valiant sailboat, along with my husband, ...

The 35th edition of Martinique's signature sailing event, the annual summer "Tour de Yoles" circumnavigation of the French Caribbean nation, is scheduled to commence over seven stages from July 28 to ...

Toby Maloney had just returned from a month crewing on a 67-foot sailboat off Martinique when I met him in the back room of Chicago’s Violet Hour. Six lucky guests had reserved a spot at the bar to ...

What started as a simple local event in Martinique in the 1940s has become the national sport of the French island as well as the centerpiece of its annual sailing regatta and its largest sporting ...

FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique — A former sailing instructor went on trial Monday in one of the largest child-molestation cases ever in this French Caribbean island. Leonel Bernabe, 30, was charged with ...

The yole ronde is a traditional Martinican sailing vessel. 39th Edition of Caribbean's Maritime Tradition Circumnavigates the Island July 27 - August 3 FORT-DE-FRANCE, MARTINIQUE, June 28, 2025 ...

I tend to get seasick. It doesn't happen especially often, but it's a distinct risk when I'm aboard small sailboats. Years ago, I covered the cruise industry, and colleagues would laugh at me because ...

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