LOOSE CANNON
Peter Swanson, Janice Anne Wheeler, Curlan Campbell, Genevieve Jacobs, John Johnson - Yacht BuoyUnique stories about boats, boating, builders and waterways
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 810 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 27 hours ago |
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Unredeemed: Island Packet Owner’s Dream Turns Nightmarish
Mark and Susan Boyter enjoying the honeymoon period of boat ownership. It would not last.
Mark Boyter was 65. He was a retired fighter pilot who had capped off his service, as one does, with a second career flying for an airline. Once trul...
Why AI Has Trouble Predicting the Fury of Hurricane Intensity
Hurricane Irma rapidly intensified before hitting the Caribbean and Florida in 2017, but intensity is still hard to forecast. (NASA photo)
The author is an associate professor of Atmospheric Science at Indiana University. This story was fi...
Is That Sailor Rock? Turn It Up!
The author writes the “Resourceful Sailor” series of articles on the Small Craft Advisor Substack, which first published this article on September 20, 2026. Small Craft Advisor by Josh Colvin is Loose Cannon’s bestest Substack friend, havin...
The Forgotten Voyage: Ansel Adams on the ICW
ANSEL ADAMS SCANS THE HORIZON on a 1940 trip down the Intracoastal Waterway. The great photographer took about 50 pictures that we cannot see, though we may see some photos of him taking the photos we cannot see.
This story was first publi...
‘Times’ Three: A Peek at the Elite Racing World
Launched in 1967, this 36-footer is the belle of the ball at the Rolex Swan Cup. (Carlo Borlenghi / Rolex)
Normally Loose Cannon’s attitude toward yacht racing mimics the description of golf “as a good walk spoilt.” But this trifecta of gi...
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Newspaper editor. Cruiser: Nova Scotia to Caribbean. Writer for boating magazines, specializing in Florida, Bahamas and Greater Antilles. Captain of excursion catamarans in the Dominican Republic. Delivery skipper. U.S. Coast Guard master's license.
Living on a classic wooden sailing yacht is an amazing life and no easy task; word sorcery and humor help -- come on aboard!
Curlan Campbell is a journalist, writer, and freelance photographer whose work has appeared in major international and regional media outlets.
Genevieve Jacobs landed in Vermont in 1987 after a lifetime under sail. She is a long time professor of psychology, and a psychotherapist. Sea Stories are subjective memoir, excerpts from my work in progress “Jenny: A Night Sea Journey”.
I joined the Royal Navy (EW) at 16, travelling the world on three frigates & an aircraft carrier. After 6 years, I served in London’s 999 services and the RNLI. Later, I built two successful insurance brokering businesses. Now, I write about boats!
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