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(R)evolution of Women’s Sailing on the Gulf Coast
First Published March 2013 Southwinds Magazine © 2013 Troy Gilbert In 1853, the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Alabama, hosted sailors from New Orleans and the Mississippi Coast for post-regatta...
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Cruising Texas – Corpus Christi
Published – Southern Boating ©2013 – Troy Gilbert It’s a common sight to see predatory birds soaring on the updrafts rising from the heated scrub plains and cattle ranches of south central Texas, head...
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Cruise the Gulf Yachting Association
Published: November 2013 Southern Boating © 2013 Troy Gilbert The Gulf Yachting Association (GYA) is one of the oldest and most prestigious boating organizations in the United States, and while it...
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Cruising Galveston
Published: March 2014 Southern Boating © 2014 Troy Gilbert Cruising along the Simon Bolivar Peninsula don’t be surprised to see cattle drives with Texas cowboys moving their herds over two lane...
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Nautical Cirque d’Soleil
Published: May 2014 – All At Sea © 2014 Troy Gilbert Many odd vessels have been spotted transiting the ICW and the coastal waters of the South, but a truly unique sight will be plying the coastlines...
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$100M Youth Boating Facility Opens in Galveston
Published: July 2014 Southern Boating © 2014 Troy Gilbert The love of boating is more often than not a trait passed down from generation to generation. Strike up a conversation at any yacht club or...
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Running the Coast with the Hurricane Hunters
Published: August 2014 – BoatU.S. Magazine © 2014 Troy Gilbert Major Brad Boudreax banked his Air Force C-130 and immediately headed south after takeoff, below him in the ICW were legions of boats...
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Artisinal Boatbuilding on the Gulf
Published: August 2014 – Southern Boating © 2014 Troy Gilbert The Gulf Coast has a long history of artisanal boatbuilding that stretches back to when this coast was first settled. Borrowing native...
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Texas Re-opens Cedar Bayou
Published: September 2014 – Southern Boating © 2014 Troy Gilbert Coastal Texas’ Laguna Madre is one of the most remote, picturesque and forgotten cruising grounds throughout the Gulf Coast. Situated...
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Texas’ Diverse Yacht Club Scene
Published: October 2014 – Southern Boating © 2014 Troy Gilbert For some, yacht clubs evoke images of stuffy, buttoned-up affairs with members dining on chicken dinners while using the word “yachting”...
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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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Zebra Mussels Invade Texas
Published: November 2014 – Southern Boating © 2014 Troy Gilbert Invasive species are a very real threat and a menace to natural ecosystems across the planet, and the Lionfish is one that has garnered a...
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The Gulf Coast’s 2nd Boating Season
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, the second major boating...
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Texas Droughts and Lake Boating
Published: december 2014 – Southern Boating © 2014 Troy Gilbert Texas, like much of the West, has been battling ferocious droughts for much of this decade. The effects are cascading throughout the...
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Gulf Restoration Progress
Published – Tide Magazine ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert For years, boaters in coastal Louisiana watched as their GPS units and charts identified them as cruising over land or marsh, when...
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Cruising Rocket Launches
Published – Southern Boating ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert The Laguna Madre is an unheralded and stunning cruising ground running along most of the 367 miles of Texas’ coastline. Lined...
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Cruising Texas’ Flower Garden Banks
Published – Southern Boating ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert The Gulf of Mexico is a true tropical sea and one of the deepest bodies of water in the world. From the height of a cruise ship,...
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Rigs to Reefs in the Gulf of Mexico?
Published – Southern Boating ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert By some estimates there are more than 450 decommissioned oil and gas platforms offshore of Louisiana and Texas in the Gulf of...
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The Coastal Picket Forces of WWII
Published – BoatU.S. Magazine ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert During a hot summer night in June 1942, the German submarine U-166 took aim at a U.S. Coast Guard patrol vessel escorting the...
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Viper 640 Wins GYA Capdevielle
Published – Sailing World ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert On September 5, 33 Gulf Coast commodores assembled at Mississippi’s Bay-Waveland YC for a long awaited and contentious vote, a...
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