Their new 18 meter (60 feet) sloop is just such a boat. The design brief called for a fast, blue-water cruiser with shoal ...

With roughly three-quarters of all new sailboats sold in the last thre years being catamarans, it is no surprise that Aquila is making a move into that side of the market. They have three new sailing ...

In 1977, john and three friends took a year off from college to sail a Nicholson 35 from New England to the Caribbean and spent many happy weeks cruising the north coast and off-lying islands of ...

Catalina has been building boats for 50 yard and has more than 85,000 hulls launched and sailing. The brand is as American as apple pie and the owners are deeply loyal to the Catalina ethos and the ...

Nikki Henderson’s article delves even deeper in the subject and explores the role character plays in the making of a sailor possessing a high level of seamanship. And, it is a two-way street since ...

Food for thought from the archives of Yachting World by Elaine Bunting. Efficient rescues mean more yachts are being abandoned only to be found floating later. Should people ...

Before reading on, please take a moment to fill out this week’s survey so we can share your knowledge and experiences with the Cruising Compass family. Thanks. In the year ahead, do you plan to buy a ...

After a week at sea from São Miguel, the last of the Azores behind us, we were feeling pretty good about our near thousand-mile passage to Spain. During our last night before reaching Gibraltar, our ...

Before reading on, please take a moment to fill out this week’s survey so we can share your knowledge and experiences with the Cruising Compass family. Thanks. Many thanks to everyone who took the ...

If the cruising life is about anything, it is certainly about living in the moment and enjoying life in full technicolor. But, it is also about the countless memories that cruising far and wide bring ...

PredictWind is the leading weather forecasting and routing software in the recreational boating market and is particularly favored by offshore sailors –racers and cruisers—for its wide range of ...

On an eastward crossing of the North Atlantic solo sailor Trevor Robertson dodged Hurricane Bertha and encountered Cristobal in his gaff cutter Iron Bark. Then on the way ...