The new Elan Impression 45 is a thoroughly modern family cruising boat that can be tailored to each owner’s needs  (published Dec/Jan 2016-17) The afternoon after […]

The new Philippe Briand design is a family cruiser with passagemaking capabilities  (published March 2016) The first thing you notice about the new Jeanneau 54 as […]

Built in Poland, the Delphia 40.3 is a classic cruising sloop that can be configured in many ways to suit each buyer’s needs  (published January 2016) […]

Some 350 boats sailed in last fall’s rallies and most of them used advanced navigation and routing systems  (published January 2016) Last November, I was lucky […]

Captain’s Log November 2015 Every fall, on both coasts of the U.S. and Canada and in Europe, sailors step onto their cruising boats, let loose the […]

Working with professionals who really understand oceanic weather systems and how sailboats behave at sea makes passagemaking faster, safer and more fun  (pubished July 2015) We […]

17° 10’ N, 62° 43’ W  (published February 2015) We picked up our 40 foot charter cat from the Horizon Yacht Charter base in Jolly Harbour, […]

Five ways to make the signal you transmit from your SSB clearer and more reliable  (published February 2015) We were on a passage from the Canary […]

For offshore sailors, here are three modern communication solutions for three different budgets  (published February 2015) Skippers and their crews headed offshore should take their onboard […]

Retrofitting our cruising boat with LEDs drastically reduced our energy bill and significantly improved the lighting experience below decks  (published November 2014) Rosie and I and […]