ANCHOR.
Real bearings for real boats. We give you fact-checked, tide-tested cruising advice for the Hawaiian Islands — tailored to your vessel, your crew, and your dates. No excursions sold, ever.
Begin the Ship's Manifest
DRIFT.
No sponsored anchorages. No kickback excursions. Every recommendation here comes from a logbook, not an ad budget.
We cross-check swell models, harbor rules, and mooring reports against what cruisers actually radioed back from the water.
Then we hand you a plan built for your boat's draft, your crew's nerve, and the week you're actually sailing.
ASK.
The Ship's Manifest is a short, plain-language interview — three minutes at the helm desk — that turns your answers into a custom cruising brief.
What is your boat's length overall and draft?
What dates are you hoping to be on the water?
How many aboard, and how much offshore experience?
CHART.
Every island has its own wind shadow, swell exposure, and harbor politics. Start here.
"I've used three different cruising guides in these waters. This is the only one that told me an anchorage was untenable in a north swell — and was right."
— S. Kalani, S/V Manaolana, 38ft sloopARRIVE.
Get one dispatch a month — new anchorage reports, swell-season notes, and harbor rule changes. Nothing else.
No spam, no partner excursions, no selling your inbox. Just tide-tested advice, once a month.