Blue Water Sailing

22 Biewenga Onboard Learning the Ropes 22 Burch at the Helm Rotary Currents 32 Classic Passage Tales from the Crypt An equatorial crossing haunted by superstition […]

Ships in the Night Over all the years that I have been sailing and making passages offshore, only twice have I ever really had my heart […]

Hanse 505 The future is out there sailing already and it looks a lot like a Hanse 505   The morning we set out aboard the […]

As the economy slowly recovers, many sailors are choosing to take charter Staycations close to home  (published March 2013) With nearly 10,000 miles of navigable coastline […]

With modern satellite and high frequency communication tools, you never have to be out of the loop  (published February 2013) Going to sea or taking off […]

Advancements in nav and electronics  (published January 2013) Technology has vastly changed the way sailors look at almost every aspect of the cruising lifestyle. Some sailors […]

(published January 2013) Gino Morrelli of Huntington Beach, California, is partnered with Pete Melvin in the design and engineering firm Morrelli & Melvin. Together with their […]

Employing Coppercoat in the quest for the perfect bottom job  (published December 2012) The restoration and refit of our Pearson 424, Regina Oceani, has a focus […]

BWS authors share their favorite safety and communication gear  (published September 2012) Without question, our most valuable and useful piece of electronics is an ICOM 802 […]

Weather routing is a bit of a chess game against the weather-at times, it can be more dangerous than you’d like  (published September 2012) It’s a […]