FEATURES

Sharing the Joy
Sail-sharing opens doors for would-be boat owners

Pac Cup Redux
A sailor returns to the race that started his love affair with sailing

Sailing’s Grand Dame
In a mere 71 days, 28-year-old dynamo Ellen MacArthur sailed around the globe and into the record books

A Cruise in the Slow Lane
Sailors have the Canadian Gulf Islands to themselves in an off-season charter

Deltaville Delight
A charter cruise through the bay less traveled and the charming anchorages of lower Chesapeake Bay

Sailing Through Stiltsville
John Kretschmer takes his family on a weekend charter getaway to Florida’s Biscayne Bay

Sailing Through History’s Waters
The Thousand Islands region offers lake and river cruising to bring out the history buff in every sailor

BOATS & GEAR

Boat Doctor
Remounting improperly installed hardware and plugging leaky hatches

Perry on Design
Impression 434 , Cookson 50 , Hood 54 , Beneteau First 44.7

Gear
Rigid boom vangs

Technique
Repairing rudders and scuba diving from a sailboat

Used Boat Notebook
Com-Pac 23

Boat Test
Southerly 110 , , ,

DEPARTMENTS

For Openers
Full & By
Close counts in navigating the old-fashioned way
Letters
On the Wind
Sailing makes memories that keep you young
Splashes
The colors shine once again for Grenada’s La Source Sailing Festival and Bruce Schwab finishes the Vendée Globe
Nautical Library
Webb Chiles sails again and the racing rules revised
Launchings
New Boat: Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 49 DS
The Wharf
Brokerage, charters and other sailing-related products and services