Heaven in Washington
A haven of shipwrights and sailors, Port Townsend is a seafarer’s utopia

The Best Boats Ever
There are good boats, great boats and, sometimes, there are the best boats, and we’ve picked a few of our favorites

A Bawley and a Dream
A sailor builds a boat the old-fashioned way as a remembrance of a historic sailing workboat known on the North Sea as a bawley

Three Petes in the BVI
Three generations in the beauty and the breezes of the Caribbean—family cruising doesn’t get any better

Raising Sails and Awareness
With no solo sailing experience, Moe Roddy raced singlehanded to Bermuda aboard the J/35 Red Dress to educate women about heart health

Boats & Gear

Boat Doctor
Running wire and the benefits of electrical grounding when on the hard

Perry on Design
Fontaine Friendship 53, Hytek Aros 54, Bestevaer 53ST, Santa Cruz 53C

Gear
Watermakers

Technique
Plumbing propane stoves

Boat Test
Sabre 386

Departments

For Openers

Full & By
A disastrous career at sea leads (of course) to shipwreck

Letters

On the Wind
The ocean is an everlasting monument for those buried at sea

Splashes
A cutting-edge designer of high-performance yachts discovers the joys of classic wooden boats

Nautical Library
Wreckers on the British Isle, a midlife high-lat adventure and Alan Sefton’s biography of Sir Peter Blake

Launchings
New Boat: C&C 115

The Wharf
Brokerage, charters and other sailing-related products and services