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Boaters University

Offshore Cruising Q&A

Preparation is key to successful cruising. Regardless of the size, make or model of your boat, understanding its critical systems and having a plan is

Offshore Cruising: Helm Lock

Preparation is key to successful cruising. Regardless of the size, make or model of your boat, understanding its critical systems and having a plan is

Offshore Cruising: Gauge Tips

Preparation is key to successful cruising. Regardless of the size, make or model of your boat, understanding its critical systems and having a plan is

Offshore Cruising: Making Labels

Preparation is key to successful cruising. Regardless of the size, make or model of your boat, understanding its critical systems and having a plan is

Five Simple Anchoring Tips

An anchor isn’t just for passing the day or night away from the marina. It is a key piece of safety gear–something to keep you

Anchoring Tips: Etiquette

An anchor isn’t just for passing the day or night away from the marina. It is a key piece of safety gear–something to keep you

This 2026 Top 10 winner is a functional and fashionable update to the 410.

Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 415

Developed in record time and on a shoestring budget, a new design hits the bullseye of the cruising market. 

Boat under shrinkwrap

Selecting a Marine Pro

Note: This story is excerpted from SAIL Contributing Editor Christopher Birch’s upcoming book The Four Seasons of Boat Maintenance—a compendium of lessons learned during his

Squalls at night are no joke, but good preparation will get you through safely. Photo courtesy of Andy Schell

Storms & Sea Stories

The wind built faster than it was forecasted to. We ate dinner with full sail, close-reaching on a building SSW’ly breeze. Before dark we had

Photo: Lisa Smith Molinari

A Charter Passage Rewritten

Sailing on a schedule is famously a recipe for disaster, but on charter you don’t have much of a choice. The adventure is what you make of it. 

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