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O’day 27 Slams Into Chandeleur Islands
Published: July 1991 Mid-Gulf Sailing © 2013 Troy Gilbert By Tim Murray Eight point two miles south of Chandeleur light on the Gulf side of the Island, high and dry on the beach, lies the almost bare...
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Cruising Mardi Gras
Published: February 2014 BoatU.S. Magazine © 2014 Troy Gilbert After a hard day sailing against the Mississippi River’s current in 1699, the French explorers Iberville and Bienville located a bank of...
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Regattas Should be on Your Radar for Cruising
Published: February 2014 Southern Boating © 2014 Troy Gilbert With boating season warming up on the Gulf Coast, thoughts are turning to cruising destinations with white sand beaches or docking up at...
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Southern Yacht Club’s Race to the Coast
Published: May 2014 – Sailing World © 2014 Troy Gilbert Drawing pistols at dawn, two sailors acknowledged their seconds standing by and marched off fifteen paces beneath the sprawling moss covered oaks...
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Wooden Boat Festival – Madisonville
Published: October 2014 – Southern Boating © 2014 Troy Gilbert Many unique, historic classes of boats evoke the culture and lifestyle of particular regions in the U.S. simply from their appearance....
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Mega-Yacht Marina in New Orleans?
Published – Southern Boating ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert As a growing home to a fleet of cruise ships exploring the Caribbean, a large stretch of New Orleans’ massive wharfs on the lower...
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Dockside Dining on the Gulf Coast
Published – Southern Boating ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert One great aspect of cruising on the Gulf Coast is the history and culture associated with waterfront dining at restaurants and...
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Gulf Coast Boatbuilders who won Wars
Published – Southern Boating ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert The Gulf Coast has a long history of ship and boatbuilding from Galveston to Biloxi, but at the outset of World War II, New...
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Katrina +10
Published – Southern Boating ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert “I’ve got ¾ inch nylon lines that I use for storms and the boat gets so much pressure on it with the ropes getting so tight that...
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West End’s Katrina
Published – GulfLatitudes.com ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert Immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina – West End – New Orleans “I’ve got ¾ inch nylon lines that I use for storms and the...
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