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Problems come in assorted flavors. When they strike your steering system, you need to have a backup plan that will work. Lashing the head door to […]

Twelve years in their circumnavigation, the authors offer their expert view of what products aboard their boat they can recommend, or not  (published Fall, 2019) Fortunately, […]

With boat show season just ahead, it is time for BWS to take a look at what is new out there in cruising boats and gear […]

It is not the size of your boat that matters, it is the size of your dreams  (published June 2018) Today’s cruising fleet is made up […]

If you are ready to “go small and go now,” then the new IPY 349 may be just the new cruising boat for you  (published February […]

Provisioning, food storage and meal prep require a lot of time and effort when you must organize and cook almost every meal you eat. Making small, […]

“Nothing Succeeds Like Excess” (Oscar Wilde)   Last fall at the Cannes boat show, the Beneteau Groupe, which is the world’s largest builder of recreational vessels, […]

For a change of pace, spend a winter cruising from Florida to the Western Caribbean and back. Here’s how  (published May 2018) For U.S. east coast […]

(published March 2018) A fresh blanket of snow covers Yahtzee when I arrive to tackle another day of boat projects. Before heading below to switch on […]

It was 1958 when the Florman family sailed from Florida to Cuba and then Haiti and the Dominican Republic. In Part One, in March BWS, they […]