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Sailboat Cruising

Enabling a Low-budget Boat Flipper

It was a simple craigslist ad that started all the rumpus. A guy named Milo in Belfast, Maine listed a well-worn 1969 Tripp 29 sloop

The Perfect Offshore Boat: Part 2

November, 2009: Mia and I were sailing our 1966 Allied Seabreeze yawl, Arcturus, on our first-ever offshore passage together, a short hop from Wilmington, North

Cruising: BVI Passage

Baking at the helm, watching a newly arrived bird eyeing me suspiciously—as if this was his ship, and I was the one who’d just flown

Cruising: Beetle Cat Families

When you talk to Beetle Cat sailors, it’s immediately apparent you’re talking about more than just a 12-foot catboat. “It began with my great-grandmother, who

Cruising: Florida Bay Backcountry

Florida Bay is located between the southern tip of mainland Florida and the Florida Keys. The Backcountry as it’s called consists of a triangular area

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April 2025 Sneak Peek

With the best months of the sailing season right around the corner, whet your appetite with a few adventures from the April issue of SAIL. From Greece to Belize and beyond, this issue serves up charter inspiration, remarkable seamanship, and the extremes of ocean racing.

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Racing: Vendée Victory

IMOCA class phenom Charlie Dalin talks rivalries, routing, and redesigns—plus what it took to win one of the world’s toughest sporting events.

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How to Calibrate the Depth Sounder

Late last year, 59º North had our first annual “staff training” weekend aboard our Farr 65 Falken and an interesting debate emerged…how to calibrate the depth sounder?

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GEAR: Savvy Navvy Celebrated by MMA

Marine Marketers of America has awarded the navigation app Savvy Navvy their Best New Product Launch award for a retailer program aimed at bringing the software to more users.

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