A Boréal 47 is born in Minihy-Treguier, France
April 6, 2017
A trail of broken promises leads to yet another dream fulfilled It is a very slippery slope, this business of owning sailboats. We all like
A trail of broken promises leads to yet another dream fulfilled It is a very slippery slope, this business of owning sailboats. We all like
If you spend enough time on the water, stuff happens. And when you sail solo like I do, “stuff” can take on a new and
Last August, my wife, Lily, and I took ownership of our 2011 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 409, Summerwind, in St Martin, and set sail toward her
When I was younger and more invincible I didn’t think much about medical emergencies on boats. The first time I headed offshore on a boat
Things I Learned This Past Week: 1: If your crew can’t make it, go anyway. I had scheduled to move my boat from Annapolis to
The lifejacket was an afterthought. The visitor had motored his way up the river, and I’d waved him over toward a vacant club mooring nearby.
Am I the only one confused by all the different names for headsails these days? When I first started sailing, things were pretty simple. A
“My name is Petty Officer Jaime Vanacore. I am your rescue swimmer.” Her Dolphin helicopter hovering 70ft over the peaks of the waves, Jaime had
Forty-eight hours after having my appendix removed, and I was in a daze. I was stiff. I was sore. I hadn’t had a good poop
Certain boatyards always seem to attract would-be voyagers with large ideas, small budgets and vessels of suspect provenance. I once kept a boat in one
From the security experts at GOST (Global Ocean Security Technologies) comes a new security tracker for small boats and dinghies. You can think of Kasper
The third model in the line serves up rip-roaring performance that’s hard to forget.
I’m about to set out on what could be my greatest adventure yet: My first transatlantic crossing. A group of young climate advocates are trying
The Cruising Club of America has announced its 2025 awardees. The highest honor, the Blue Water Medal for “exceptional seamanship and adventure by amateur sailors,”
A new film making the rounds on the festival circuit will be released digitally this month.
Ater months of testing, walkthroughs, reviews, and deliberations, we’re proud to announce the Top 10 Class of 2026. These boats fall across a spectrum of
In 2001, Ellen MacArthur finished second place in the Vendée Globe, the best finish of any woman to date. The most recent edition of the
Though it’s perhaps the most well-known word in the nautical lexicon, many don’t know where the word “starboard” came from. What’s the etymological origin? A)
It’s a cliche but 2025 really was a year like no other—for me, for the magazine, and for the world. At this time last year,
Quorning and many other marine manufactures are based in Denmark’s Syddanmark region.
