A late spring cruise aboard a new Dragonfly 28 took the author and his family on an adventure in and around Denmark’s ‘South Sea’ (published fall […]
Discovering Denmark by Tri
Performance Propellers
(published April 2017) What does an extra knot of boat speed mean under sail? On a day run of 30 miles, it will cut almost an […]
Building a Better Cruising Sail
(published April 2017) It’s time for our semi-annual review of sail construction and material options. While most of this is well documented, an overview is handy […]
SV Honeymoon Forever
Fitting out for a multi-year cruise (published April 2017) My dream of cruising long term actually started as a child standing on the south shore of […]
The Right Way to Cruise
(published March 2017) We were in the final days of preparing to depart for our voyage south from California, where we purchased Kate, when we met […]
AUGUST 2017
20 Cruising Life Landfall The rhythms of daily life change after being at sea for three weeks by Heather Francis 24 World Cruising Diving Bonaire and […]
Distress Signaling for Cruisers
Here are the modern tools that sailors use to signal distress at sea (published February 2017) Last November, when the 57-foot cruising catamaran Leopard flipped over […]
The Sailor’s Nine
Some not so obvious choices for the cruising sailor (published November 2016) BEAT MOLD WHERE IT STARTS Mold and sailboats go together, and everyone has their […]
Fountaine Pajot Lucia 40
(published September 2016-boat show preview) Introduced to the American audience at last winter’s Miami boat show, the Lucia 40 is an innovative new model in the […]
Elan Impression 45
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 […]