Salty Dawg Spring Rally From The BVI To The US

The nonprofit Salty Dawg™ Sailing Association (SDSA) has opened registration for its Spring Rally from the British Virgin Islands to the US. The rally will depart the British Virgin Islands on May 15 after several days of social activities, weather briefings, and boat preparation. Read more…

Salty Dawg Rally To Cuba

The Salty Dawg Sailing Association (SDSA) will launch a new cruising rally to Cuba this spring. The Rally to Cuba has been organized to comply with current US government requirements for US vessels and citizens visiting Cuba. Vessels from other countries are also welcome to participate in this unique event. The Rally to Cuba will depart Virgin Gorda in the BVI in late March. Read more…

This Summer – Two New Events & An Old Favorite

The Salty Dawg Rally is hosting two new events on the Chesapeake this summer – the Rally to Maine, from the Southern Chesapeake to Newport and Maine, and a Southern Chesapeake Rendezvous open to all interested in blue water sailing. This is in addition to the Rally’s 5th Annual Bristol, R.I. 4th of July Rendezvous. It will be a busy and fun-filled Salty Dawg summer. The Rally to Maine departs Read more…

VIDEO: Salty Dawg Raft-up January 2016

Ever notice how the Sargasso Seaweed clumps up and forms streaks in the open ocean? The wind just happens to form these streaks from independent clumps of weed growing and floating in the ocean. It attracts various sea life and becomes a floating ecosystem unto itself. Well, a funny thing happens, under very special conditions, when a group of Salty Dawg cruisers find themselves together in a bay. Much like the Sargasso weed, they form clumps of Read more…

The Fall 2015 Salty Dawg Rally Arrives in the BVI

Nearly all of the 78 vessels and over 300 sailors in the Fall 2015 Salty Dawg fleet have now arrived in the BVI and Bahamas. With the unusual weather pattern this year offering limited windows for departure, several boats left around November 1st, a few cast off shortly after, most of the rest of the fleet departed around November 11th, and the final two boats left November 28th – a very broad window. The early Read more…