2025 August 1

What to do when it goes bang

Knowing how to handle emergency situations can keep your boat afloat when you lose your mast or steering

By Brian Hancock
Many years ago I was sailing from South Africa to Gibraltar. We were halfway between Saint Helena Island and Ascension Island when the rudder broke off. Earlier, we had felt a little give in the wheel
2025 August 1

New Boats for 2025

Next year’s fleet of new boats has something for every type of sailor. From a sporty foiling dinghy and a pocket rocket racer-cruiser to luxury cruising catamarans and elegant monohull flagships, manufacturers are pulling out all the stops.

By SAILING Magazine
  Dragonfly 36This 36-footer is the latest in Dragonfly’s line of folding cruising trimarans. Easy to sail shorthanded from the dual-zone cockpit, this tri will make quick work of long pas
2025 August 1

Gypsy

A boat brought back from the dead created a legacy of craftsmanship

By Erin L. Schanen
The first time Bruce Dyson laid eyes on his boat Gypsy, it could barely be considered a boat. Pulled from the bottom of New York Harbor, the International One Design’s deck was destroyed, the first
2025 July 15

Breaking the fiberglass ceiling

This year's history-making Transpac was filled with celebration and frustration

By Greta Schanen
Alli Bell sailed into the history books of the Transpacific Yacht Race, becoming the first woman skipper to take overall honors in the 119-year history of the race from Los Angles to Hawaii. Skippe
2025 July 1

Beneteau 393

This good-looking, midsize cruiser is a comfy liveaboard or passagemaker

By David Liscio
From the drawing table of Berret-Racoupeau Yacht Design, more than 600 393s were built between 2002 and 2007, both in France and at what was then Beneteau’s expanding factory in Marion, South Caroli
2025 July 1

Building a dream

The quest for a perfect daysailer led Chris Hood to create a 32-footer that has won the hearts of sailors around the world

By David Liscio
Some stories begin with a dream, which is exactly how Chris Hood ended up designing and building the C.W. Hood 32, an elegant daysailer with the graceful lines of an International One-Design and the s
2025 July 1

Diesel engine care

Diesels are tough machines that can provide power for the life of a boat if treated properly

By Bob Pingel
The marine diesel engine is an amazing piece of machinery. These engines are reliable, safe and require minimal maintenance. If you look after just a few things, your engine can easily run for 10,000
2025 June 1

Hove to in the gales of Biscay

John Kretschmer needed his full kit of storm sailing tactics to get through a fraught passage across the famously nasty bay

By John Kretschmer
I first downloaded the American GFS weather model, and it didn’t look good. I tried the ECMWF European model, but it was worse. I even downloaded the German ICON model, but no matter how many w
2025 May 1

Wildwood

A classic one-tonner with a legacy becomes the perfect boat for co-owning friends

By Erin L. Schanen
When friends Molly Mulhern and George Emery went in search of a boat to co-own, a tired 40-year-old racer was not what they planned on buying, and they certainly didn’t expect to end up with one wit
2025 May 1

Cruising at the bottom of the world

The wild coast of Tasmania offers up boisterous sailing and adventurous trekking

By Craig Ligibel
Helsal anchors in Spain Bay, Port Davey.Jimmy Emms photoWe are anchored in one of the most remote navigable bodies of water in the world.  The only thing between us and Antarctica is 1,300 nautic
2025 April 23

Alerion Express 28

Pretty as a picture daysailer is perfect for weekend sailing

By David Liscio
Often described as the prettiest girl at the dance, the Alerion Express 28, which launched in 1990, can trace its roots to Alerion, Nathanael Herreshoff’s mahogany 26-footer, which the legendary boa
2025 April 17

C&C 37/40

This well-built and well-designed racer-cruiser stands the test of time

By David Liscio
By the time the C&C 37/40 was launched in 1988, the Canadian builder’s reputation for producing fast, sleek, solidly constructed boats was well established. Its chief designer, Robert Ball, was
2025 April 1

Excess 14

This performance cruising catamaran takes aim at monohull sailors with its simple elegance and sprightly performance

By Greta Schanen
The Excess 14 was in high demand for test sails following the Annapolis Sailboat Show in October. It was easy to see why as the boat swung by my pickup point at the end of the South Annapolis Yacht Ce
2025 April 1

Spring Boat Show Time

By SAILING Magazine
The Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show kicks off April 25 for a weekend of boats, gear, sailing seminars. The show will be located farther into the City Dock to make room for the scheduled construction. (
2025 March 24

Sailing into no man's land

A solo sailor brings his trailersailer north to Ontario, where the solitude and the sailing reign supreme

By Tom Pamperin
I discovered Lake Nipigon, Ontario, Canada, while thumbing idly through a road atlas, dreaming of destinations suitable for the unballasted dinghy cruiser I had borrowed from my brother for the s
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