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      March 17, 20244

      British Builder Southerly Yachts Saved by New Owners

      March 10, 20244

      Introducing the New Twin-Keel, Deck Saloon Sirius 40DS

      March 6, 20244

      New 2024 Bavaria C50 Tour with Yacht Broker Ian Van Tuyl

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      March 17, 20244

      British Builder Southerly Yachts Saved by New Owners

      March 10, 20244

      Introducing the New Twin-Keel, Deck Saloon Sirius 40DS

      March 6, 20244

      New 2024 Bavaria C50 Tour with Yacht Broker Ian Van Tuyl

    • Boat Show Preview
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      October 3, 20234

      Annapolis Sailboat Show 2023: 19 New Multihulls Previewed

      September 6, 20234

      2023 Newport International Boat Show Starts Today

      October 20, 20224

      Notes From the Annapolis Sailboat Show 2022

    • Seamanship
      SeamanshipFacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmail
      February 24, 20234

      Energy Afloat: Lithium, Solar and Wind Are the Perfect Combination

      July 20, 20224

      Anatomy of a Tragedy at Sea

      December 17, 20194

      What if a Sailboat Hits a Whale?!?

    • Chartering
      CharteringFacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmail
      January 13, 20224

      Update on the Bitter End Yacht Club, Virgin Gorda, BVI

      December 17, 20194

      Charter in Puerto Rico. Enjoy Amazing Food, Music and Culture

      November 6, 20194

      With Charter Season Ahead, What’s Up in the BVI?

    • Electronics
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      February 24, 20234

      Energy Afloat: Lithium, Solar and Wind Are the Perfect Combination

      June 4, 20204

      AIS Mystery: Ships Displaced and Strangely Circling

      December 17, 20194

      Holiday Sales. Garmin Marine Stuff up to 20% Off

    Cruising News

    Boat ReviewsCruising NewsFeatured News March 17, 2024

    British Builder Southerly Yachts Saved by New Owners

    Boat ReviewsCruising NewsFeatured News March 10, 2024

    Introducing the New Twin-Keel, Deck Saloon Sirius 40DS

    Boat ReviewsCruising NewsFeatured News March 6, 2024

    New 2024 Bavaria C50 Tour with Yacht Broker Ian Van Tuyl

    Boat ReviewsCruising NewsFeatured News February 27, 2024

    Dufour 41: European Family Cruising Boat of the Year

    Cruising NewsFeatured News February 24, 2024

    Salty Dawg Couple Missing Aboard Their Boat in Grenada

    News from Around the Cruising World

    Boat Reviews. Cruising News. Featured News. March 17, 2024

    British Builder Southerly Yachts Saved by New Owners

    Southerly Yachts has long been a true design and build innovator in the shoal-draft, drop-keel category of blue water cruisers.  Yet, the company has ben through […]

    Boat Reviews. Cruising News. Featured News. March 10, 2024

    Introducing the New Twin-Keel, Deck Saloon Sirius 40DS

    The German-built Sirius brand is not well known in North America, but in Europe the company has quickly earned a reputation for designing and building innovative […]

    Boat Reviews. Cruising News. Featured News. March 6, 2024

    New 2024 Bavaria C50 Tour with Yacht Broker Ian Van Tuyl

    Boat Reviews. Cruising News. Featured News. February 27, 2024

    Dufour 41: European Family Cruising Boat of the Year

    Cruising News. Featured News. February 24, 2024

    Salty Dawg Couple Missing Aboard Their Boat in Grenada

    Boat Reviews. Cruising News. Featured News. February 20, 2024

    Eco-Friendly Widelo 50 Hybrid Cruising Cat

     

     

    Bill Biewenga Offshore

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     “Get the Grab Bag!”

    By George Day

    The time to consider what you would need and want in your grab bag is when you don’t need it. The time is now. Of course, […]

    Bill Biewenga.

    I Awoke to the Crew Calling “The Bilge Pump Won’t Stop!”

    By George Day

    Problems come in many forms and manifestations.  Generally speaking, it’s better to address them earlier rather than later, and that’s certainly true when it comes to […]

    Bill Biewenga. Cruising News.

    Grab the Life Raft

    By George Day

    The time to think about getting and deploying the life raft is long before it’s ever needed.  Being organized before hand and having emergency equipment accessible […]

    Videos

    March 10, 2024

    Introducing the New Twin-Keel, Deck Saloon Sirius 40DS

    New 2024 Bavaria C50 Tour with Yacht Broker Ian Van Tuyl
    Dufour 41: European Family Cruising Boat of the Year
    Eco-Friendly Widelo 50 Hybrid Cruising Cat
    Yachting World Tests Exciting New HH 44 Cruising Cat
    New Hanse 410: German Engineering Meets Thoroughly Modern Cruising Style
    PlanetSail Takes a Tour of BOOT Dusseldorf 2024
    Dragonfly 31: Best Small Cruiser I’ve Ever Been Aboard?
    Revolutionary Rigid Dinghy from Mantus Marine Does It All
    The X-Yachts XC-47 May Be the Ultimate Couple’s World Cruiser

    Boat Reviews

    Boat Reviews. Cruising News. Featured News. March 17, 2024

    British Builder Southerly Yachts Saved by New Owners

    By George Day

    Southerly Yachts has long been a true design and build innovator in the shoal-draft, drop-keel category of blue water cruisers.  Yet, the company has ben through […]

    Boat Reviews. Cruising News. Featured News. March 10, 2024

    Introducing the New Twin-Keel, Deck Saloon Sirius 40DS

    By George Day

    The German-built Sirius brand is not well known in North America, but in Europe the company has quickly earned a reputation for designing and building innovative […]

    Boat Reviews. Cruising News. Featured News. March 6, 2024

    New 2024 Bavaria C50 Tour with Yacht Broker Ian Van Tuyl

    Boat Reviews. Cruising News. Featured News. February 27, 2024

    Dufour 41: European Family Cruising Boat of the Year

    Boat Reviews. Cruising News. Featured News. February 20, 2024

    Eco-Friendly Widelo 50 Hybrid Cruising Cat

    Boat Reviews. Cruising News. Featured News. February 11, 2024

    Yachting World Tests Exciting New HH 44 Cruising Cat

    Chartering

    Chartering. Cruising News. January 13, 2022

    Update on the Bitter End Yacht Club, Virgin Gorda, BVI

      By Scott Akerman I was fortunate enough to be cruising around Virgin Gorda’s North Sound last week and dropped in on the Bitter End Yacht […]

    Chartering. December 17, 2019

    Charter in Puerto Rico. Enjoy Amazing Food, Music and Culture

    Chartering. Cruising News. Featured News. November 6, 2019

    With Charter Season Ahead, What’s Up in the BVI?

    Chartering. October 29, 2019

    The Tobago Cays in the Grenadines Are Caribbean Perfection

    Chartering. Cruising News. October 21, 2019

    Bahamas Chartering This Winter: Try the Exumas

    Seamanship

    Cruising News. Electronics. Featured News. Seamanship. February 24, 2023

    Energy Afloat: Lithium, Solar and Wind Are the Perfect Combination

    By George Day

    By Bob Osborn   After years of thinking about upgrading the house bank to lithium on Pandora, our 2007 Aerodyne 47 sloop, we decided to move […]

    Cruising News. Featured News. Seamanship. July 20, 2022

    Anatomy of a Tragedy at Sea

    By George Day

    The following account was written by veteran cruiser Sheldon Stuchell based on reports from the two crew aboard the cruising boat Escape and official Coast Guard […]

    Seamanship. December 17, 2019

    What if a Sailboat Hits a Whale?!?

    Seamanship. November 6, 2019

    Riding Out a Storm on the Anchor in Italy

    Seamanship. Video. October 21, 2019

    Sound Advice On Staying On the Boat: Don’t Pee Over the Side at Sea

    Bill Biewenga. Seamanship. June 5, 2019

    What If You See Lightning on the Horizon!?!

    Columns & Blogs

    Columns & Blogs. Cruising News. December 18, 2019

    Theft in Turtle Bay, Mexico. The Outboard’s Gone

    By George Day

    Andy and Jill Cross, with their two young sons Porter and Magnus, are full time cruisers. They spent the last year and a half in Alaska […]

    Columns & Blogs. Cruising News. Seamanship. February 27, 2019

    Beyond the Blowouts

    By Bill Biewenga

    Without warning, the sudden dull pop of the spinnaker exploding shook us to our feet and into action. Thousands of miles to our landfall and with […]

    Columns & Blogs. Navigation. Seamanship. February 25, 2019

    Steering By Any Other Means

    Columns & Blogs. Cruising News. September 25, 2018

    Wintering in the Great Land

    Columns & Blogs. Seamanship. May 30, 2018

    Fire

    Columns & Blogs. Maintenance. May 11, 2018

    The Year of the Refit

    Boat Show Preview

    Boat Reviews. Boat Show Preview. Cruising News. October 3, 2023

    Annapolis Sailboat Show 2023: 19 New Multihulls Previewed

    By George Day

    The Annapolis Sailboat Show, put on by U.S. Boat Shows in Annapolis, MD will open its gates on Thursday October 12 and runs through Sunday the […]

    Boat Reviews. Boat Show Preview. Cruising News. September 6, 2023

    2023 Newport International Boat Show Starts Today

    Blue Water Sailing. Boat Show Preview. Cruising News. October 20, 2022

    Notes From the Annapolis Sailboat Show 2022

    Boat Reviews. Boat Show Preview. Cruising News. September 12, 2022

    2022 Fall Boat Show Preview: 15 New Cruising Monohulls

    Blue Water Sailing. Boat Reviews. Boat Show Preview. October 15, 2019

    2019 Annual Fall Boat Show Preview

    Boat Show Preview. Cruising News. February 12, 2019

    boot Dusseldorf Celebrates 50 Years of Being the Greatest (boat) Show on Earth

    Electronics

    Cruising News. Electronics. Featured News. Seamanship. February 24, 2023

    Energy Afloat: Lithium, Solar and Wind Are the Perfect Combination

    By George Day

    By Bob Osborn   After years of thinking about upgrading the house bank to lithium on Pandora, our 2007 Aerodyne 47 sloop, we decided to move […]

    Cruising News. Electronics. June 4, 2020

    AIS Mystery: Ships Displaced and Strangely Circling

    Electronics. December 17, 2019

    Holiday Sales. Garmin Marine Stuff up to 20% Off

    Electronics. November 6, 2019

    Vesper Launches Cortex AIS Multitasking Capability

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