Blue Water Sailing

1000 Miles We had been in Bali, Indonesia for three weeks when it came time to push on for Borneo and then Singapore. We laid out […]

Jeanneau 349 | The new 349 offers a lot of quality, performance and plain fun in an affordable package Last winter, right after the Strictly Sail […]

BWS travels to Denmark to meet with sailing industry leaders  (published February 2014) The September morning I landed at the Billund airport in the west of […]

41°24 N  70°37 W  (published December 2013) Martha’s Vineyard, which lies only a few miles off the southern coast of Cape Cod, Machusetts, is one of […]

Learn how to choose materials and sew canvas throughout your boat  (published December 2013) Over the last winter before we took our Pearson 424, Regina Oceani, […]

(published December 2013) The Caribbean, the South Pacific, the Mediterranean, the East or West Coast of the U.S. and Canada, Southeast Asia, Northern Europe and more—how […]

Here’s a quick guide to 10 days in the world’s favorite chartering playground  (published December 2013) The British Virgin Islands were created to be a charter […]

Boats of a certain age will almost always be in need of a refit. here’s how we are refitting our 15-year old 45 foot sloop  (published […]

A guide to equipping your boat with an electronic autopilot or windvane: Part I  (published October 2013) Since the earliest days of long-distance solo or shorthanded […]

Hurricanes aren’t as entertaining in real life as they may appear on TV  (published September 2013) The warm September morning started out peacefully enough. As dawn […]