Catalina Yachts, one of America’s most venerable and influential sailboat builders over the last 50 years, introduced their all new Flagship Catalina 545 at October’s Annapolis […]
The New Flagship Catalina 545 Wows the Annapolis Show
2019 Annual Fall Boat Show Preview
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 […]
Marion-Bermuda Race Won by Valiant 40
The 2019 edition of the biennial cruisers’ race to Bermuda from Marion, MA, is in the books and the results are in. The overall winner on […]
What If You See Lightning on the Horizon!?!
It’s 10:00 PM. You’re 200 nm offshore and the cloud cover has been building all day. Lightning is now a regular occurrence. For years while […]
Island Packet 349
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 […]
Excess Catamarans
“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, […]
Cruising the Windward Islands
From Antigua south to Grenada, the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles offer near-perfect cruising without the crowds (published June/July 2018) The islands of the Eastern […]
Navigation Systems for Cruisers
After a lightning strike, we had to replace all of our electronics-it was an eye opening task (published January/February 2018) A couple of years ago we […]
Bahama Bound or Bust
A hurried finish to a refit, a new captain and mate, an owner who wanted his catamaran out of New England in late November and in […]
Rough Night to Havana
Part 2: After a boisterous delivery from Pensacola to Key West, the author and two pals set off in his Catalina 31 with an organized rally […]