
Cruising Tips: Plotting Sheets and Getting Grounded
Plotting Sheets Whether you’re studying for an Ocean Navigator certificate or just interested in celestial navigation, you’ll be needing plotting sheets. The scale of oceanic

Plotting Sheets Whether you’re studying for an Ocean Navigator certificate or just interested in celestial navigation, you’ll be needing plotting sheets. The scale of oceanic

They call themselves the Vagabonds. A psychologist, a healing arts practitioner, a traveling millwright, a widowed restaurateur—this is only a fraction of the colorful characters

Fun fact: The island of Newfoundland is home to zero snakes, zero ticks, and zero skunks. Like a dog, I do best when kept clear

Donald Street Jr., the indefatigable sailor and writer whose charts and guides to the Caribbean quite literally opened the islands to charterers and cruisers, has

I am sailing with Robin Lee Graham, but there is no wind. It’s a hot day in July and Montana’s Flathead Lake is glass. The

When I was growing up with SAIL magazine, Patience Wales was the editor. I was maybe 18 when I pitched my first story to her.

Daniel Hays, at age 63, is now almost 10 years older than his father David was when they sailed around Cape Horn together in a

Careful with the Cranking Running out of fuel or losing the engine by way of filters blocked with dirty diesel is bad enough, but ending

I lay in my suspended bunk and waited for the next wave to lift me up and slam me down onto the hard bench below.

We were anchored at the end of a narrow bay under glittering pink granite cliffs. A whiff of pine scented the air. From Belamies, our

The latest from Dufour should help achieve the French builder’s goal of encouraging people to get on the water and sail, sail, sail.
SPONSORED: The First 30, Oceanis 47, and Oceanis 52 are all making their U.S. debuts this weekend. Join Beneteau’s Kevin Duchesne for a preview of

Breaking Down The Art of Breaking Down.

October 10, 1845 The U.S. Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Maryland.

America’s largest all-sailing boat show starts today. The SAIL team is looking forward to a busy weekend full of new boats and old friends.

The Annapolis Sailboat Show starts tomorrow. SAIL is at F7, and we hope you’ll stop by for a visit!

An easy, friendly club boat with great potential.

One young man with a calling has built an aid pipeline for rural Caribbean communities.

Big Weather Gear has announced that they will be bringing Henri-Lloyd gear back to the U.S., starting with their flag-ship store in Newport. The full

As the sailing world’s favorite wood becomes increasingly difficult to source, potential alternatives abound. The question is: whattrade offs Need to be made?