26 Bluewater Adventure
Sailing Sabbitcal
Why I decided to sail around the world after college graduation
by Haley Haltom
30 World Cruising
Black Sands and Black Magic
Vanuatu by sail
by Heather Francis
38 Fitting Out
38 Ten Years After, What Worked, What Didn’t
by Patrick Childress
42 Essential Upgrades to an Offshore Cruising Boat
by BWS staff
48 Boat Show Preview
Annapolis Sailboat Show Preview
by BWS staff
DEPARTMENTS
8 Captain’s Log
10 Blue Water Dispatches
18 Biewenga Offshore
22 Francis Overboard
46 New & Noteworthy
52 Chandlery
60 Charter Companies
72 Brokerage
80 Classifieds
82 Broad Reaching-Andrew Cross