The Deadly 1983 New Orleans Lightship Race
Published – Southwinds ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert — In light of the horrific and tragic events that fell on the 57th running of the Dauphin Island […]
Published – Southwinds ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert — In light of the horrific and tragic events that fell on the 57th running of the Dauphin Island […]
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 […]
Published – Southern Boating ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert The Gulf of Mexico was first explored and mapped by the Spanish in the early 1500s and with […]
Published – The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert New Orleanians were some of the first to adopt the sugar sands and warm emerald waters […]
Published – Emerald Coast Magazine ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert Sailors read the wind on the water as you might read a great novel. Wind lines are […]
Published – Sailing World ©2013 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert “No one was hurt fortunately,” said George Bass of Detroit as he pointed out the bullet holes in […]
Published: August 1994 Mid-Gulf Sailing © 2013 Troy Gilbert By Don Roberts Havana—a city whose name conjures up visions of intrigue, mystery and fast action—has remained inaccessible to sailboat racers […]
Published: November 2014 – Southern Boating © 2014 Troy Gilbert As the first cool fronts make their way down from the north and with the holidays right around the corner, […]
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 […]
Published: August 2014 – Southern Boating © 2014 Troy Gilbert Beneath sprawling moss draped oaks with their seconds standing by as witness, two sailors from New Orleans marched off fifteen […]