One of the largest and most prestigious in-water events in the Northeast, the expanded Newport International Boat Show spans ...

No Two Chicago to Mackinac Races are the same and this year’s 116 th running of the 333-mile event the length of Lake Michigan truly tied the crews’ patience. The wind, which often whips up into ...

Those who have hired a skipper say the going rate for a skipper and one crew is between $800 and $1000 a day. Blue Water ...

A guide to stocking up, storing food and eating well underway (published May 2015) Provisioning a cruising sailboat can seem like a daunting task. Trying to predict where you will be able to restock ...

Outbound 46 Revisited Going strong after 15 years, this venerable passagemaker still might be the perfect couples blue water cruiser by Andrew Cross After being dropped ashore by dinghy, I paused on ...

The most harrowing disaster aboard a cruising vessel, short of sinking or fire, is loss of steerage. Cruising lore is full of stories of vessels losing rudders, or hydraulic steering pumps blowing out ...

It is hard to believe that the Outbound 46 is 20 years old. I remember meeting the inspiration behind the boat, Phil Lambert, at the Strictly Sail show in Oakland California the year he launched the ...

The Danish designed and built trimaran combines comfortable cruising accommodations with exciting sailing performance (published fall 2017) In early June, we had the opportunity to cruise on a ...

The Seaward 32RK was designed and for years built by Floridian Nick Hake. The design is now part of the Island Packet company which builds the Island Packet line of cruising boats as well as the Blue ...

Here’s the first part in a two part series on life rafts: Nationally known safety-at-sea expert Chuck Hawley gives us a comprehensive guide on life rafts, their equipment and care… Life rafts are ...

Here’s an update on a story that we revisit from time to time for the simple reason that sailing cargo ships with auxiliary power just makes sense, particularly to sailors. The French company Neoline ...