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2026 September 1

Celebrating Wisconsin maritime greats

19 inductees make up state's Sailing and Maritime Hall of Fame inaugural class

By SAILING Magazine
Nineteen inductees representing notable sailors and marine industry revolutionaries will be inducted into the Wisconsin Sailing and Maritime Hall of Fame Sept. 19. Sailing commentator and writer Gary
2026 September 1

Lessons from a late bloomer

One sailor’s path to learning to sail and buying his first boat didn’t begin until later in life

By Chris Jensen
Most sailors find their way to sailing through some sort of natural exposure. Some grow up beside the water, accustomed to the ding, ding, ding of halyards tapping against masts as they walk past a ma
2026 August 1

5 Great Small Boats for Big Sailing Adventures

These small but mighty classic cruisers can take sailors on offshore voyages or coastal hops in comfort and safety

By Erin L. Schanen
The West Wight Potter is a seaworthy trailer-sailer.Walter Brown photoWho says you need a big boat for a big adventure? Self-sufficient sailors have long turned to sturdy little crafts for passages in
2026 March 1

Virgin territory

The United States Virgin Islands offer the same beauty and charm as its neighbor British Virgin Islands, but without the crowds

By Betsy Senescu
The lonely anchorage was silent except for the symphony of tiny coqui frogs that crescendoed as night fell over the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was a far cry from an earlier vaca
2026 January 1

They just did it

A young couple threw out the plan and set sail on a circumnavigation with the hope of inspiring others to follow their dreams

By SAILING Magazine
Never let a plan get in the way of your dream. That could be the mantra for JP Baudains and his partner Charlotte, who had a dream to sail the world, but, while in their late 20s, assumed the plan wou
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 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

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 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

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 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
2025 March 19

Serious fun on and off the water

The 45 anniversary of the Heineken Regatta was a thrill for competitors and spectators alike

By Betsy Senescu
The St. Maarten Heineken Regatta is an iconic, bucket-list event in the Caribbean, and I’ve been fortunate to attend multiple times over in its 45-year history. I’ve been on race boats, chase boat
2025 March 1

Guide to fitting out

Get your boat in shape for the sailing season to maximize your time on the water

By SAILING Magazine
There is nothing worse than wasting precious time fixing things when you could be sailing. That’s why it makes sense to spend extra time before launch day, or before the best sailing of the year for
2025 March 1

Spring spruce-up

Whether your boat has enjoyed a winter off or it’s time to take on some annual chores, our guide to fitting out will make sure your boat is ready for a great year of sailing

By SAILING Magazine
Whether your boat has enjoyed a winter off or it’s time to take on some annual chores, our guide to fitting out will make sure your boat is ready for a great year of sailing
2025 February 13

End of an era

SAILING Magazine’s long run as a print magazine has ended

By SAILING Magazine
The publication that started as a newspaper for Lake Michigan sailors and grew into a glossy, oversized national sailing magazine respected by readers and advertisers alike for the quality of its writ
2025 February 1

Retrofit in paradise

After one sailor bought his dream boat, the Nordic 40 Arctic Tern, he found fixing it in Baja, California, to be cheap, easy and rewarding

By Graham Wilson
Graham Wilson photo I’d been searching for a boat for years. I wanted “classic plastic,” and my favorite designs were from the 1970s and 1980s. Robert Perry designed many of the ones I like
2025 January 1

On step closer to a seat at the table

Action-packed racing in a highly competitive fleet: It’s not the America’s Cup, it’s the Women’s America’s Cup where the sailors hope one day to be allowed back into the main event

By Betsy Senescu
After a thrilling victory in the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup in Barcelona, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli trimmer Maria Giubilei declared, “We are not going back.” “We have just dem
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