I never considered myself a cruiser. Regardless of ship size, cruising seemed claustrophobic to me. What if I wanted to spend more time than scheduled in a port I liked? What if I got a virus? Worse, ...

In surfing jargon, the word “clean” refers to waves that “break from a single peak, providing an open face for the surfer to ride on”. Yesterday, the word took on its far more ordinary meaning. During ...