CURRENT ISSUE | FEBRUARY 2013

February 2013 Issue of Blue Water Sailing. World Cruising: Isla Mujeres, Mexico. Whiling away the weeks in a friendly, history-filled cruisers’ paradise by Connie McBride. Classic Passages: The Strait Route. Sailing from Thailand/Malaysia to South Africa by Marci Paravia. Cruising Life: Ship Shape. Five boat-friendly exercises to get your body ready for cruising by Mike & Rebecca Sweeney. Sailing Smart: Lessons of an Evening Landfall. The art of navigating around things that go bump in the night by Ben Eriksen. Communications Onboard: High Seas Communications. Demistifying Wi-Fi for Boats by Daniel Collins. New & Noteworthy by Andrew Cross. Boatswain’s Locker: One Word: “Plastics”. Modern plastic technology meets classic plastic boat by Pete Dubler. Practical Passagemaker: Maintaining Winches. Five simple steps can extend the life of one of your most valuable sailing tools by John Tylor. Blue Water Boats: Tartan Fantail 26. The new daysailer-weekender from Tartan Yachts packs a lot of performance in a compact package.