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While His Bearing Gently Weeps

Over 60 boats gather for the beginning of the Caribbean 1500 FULL STORY

  • The Rallying Kind

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  • Port of Call: Penn Cove, Washington

    Writer David Schmidt explores Whidbey Island, Washington More

  • Air and Water

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  • A Mermaid Muse

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  • Passage Aborted

    An accumulation of hardships leads to a change in plans More

  • Fine & Wild

    French culture and cuisine contrast with the dramatic power and beauty of the Saint Lawrence River More

  • Anchoring Secrets from Those Who Know

    Five hot tips guaranteed to reduce your anchoring anxiety this summer More

  • Break On Through

    Thailand to the Red Sea in a time of pirates More

  • Bait Station Boil

    When buying lobsters turns into a sailing adventure More

  • The Zen of Trailer-Sailing

    All that trailer-sailors need is an open road and water deep enough to float their boat More

  • Voice of Experience: A Bay Too Far

    Overcoming adversity sometimes leads only to more adversity More

  • All in a Day's Sail

    From running aground to drifting around, a summer cruise in Buzzards Bay offers it all More

  • Cruising Tips: Spinnaker Net

    By filling your boat's foretriangle with a ladder or net of webbing, you can keep a spinnaker from wrapping around your headstay More

  • Celestial to Bermuda

    Sailors nostalgic for the past can try a celestial navigation race More

  • Mid-coast Maine: Gut Instinct

    Two weathered cruisers find a little fun along mid-coast Maine in an old-school Tartan 27 More

  • One of the Saved

    A young sailor reflects on the sport's future More

  • Blind Faith

    Sailing in fog can be both challenging and rewarding More

  • Crash Landing

    Where do you turn when caught between a dock and a hard place? More

  • The Finest Stretch of Water...Anywhere

    It's love at first sight when Great Lakes sailors discover the Caribbean More

  • Seven Hours Aground

    Out of the frying pan and (almost) into the fire More

  • River Run

    Sailing up a river will exercise your skills and satisfy your inner boathandler More

  • Bundaberg, Australia

    The Downtown Wilderness More

  • 1,000 Islands

    Where the cruising is as sweet as the water More

  • Sailing Sense: The Islands of Trang

    A band of clear water off the Thai mainland proves that cruising, while always interesting, is rarely pure and simple More

  • Sailing Against the Tide

    An adventurer tries to discover whether a legend might also be true More

  • Sailing Sense: Take Precautions Early

    When Hurricane Omar passed overhead, all the old lessons were learned the hard way More

  • Great Moments, Great Lakes

    Memories of North America's freshwater seas More

  • Sailing the Arctic

    Transiting the Northwest Passage requires a unique kind of preparation More

  • Rescue 21

    The Coast Guard's state of the art digital VHF SAR response system is (mostly) up and running More

  • Sidetracked by Smartphones

    Learning a thing or two from an app-happy sailing family More