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Breaking Down The Art of Breaking Down.


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For many years I hated drilling stainless steel. It’s hard, it requires expensive cobalt or carbide bits and it takes a long time to drill.

Another fuel pump failure leads to an engine rebuild, this time on the hook.

Building their own 44-foot catamaran from the plans up, Matt and Jessica
Johnson embrace the cruising life
from a unique perspective.

Here’s how to help your boat’s batteries live a healthy, long life.

Nobody likes a stinky boat. Here’s how to identify and deal with the major culprits.

A well-trimmed sailboat is a beautiful thing. Here’s how to make the most of the tools at hand.

Canvas is one of your boat’s most valuable assets. Here’s how to care for it in the off-season.

The Cruising Club of America (CCA) is a collection of 1,400 ocean sailors with extensive offshore seamanship, command experience, and a shared passion for making

The temperatures are starting to cool off, the days are getting shorter, and your October issue is on its way. Here’s what’s coming up.

Offshore and offline go hand in hand.

Small electric outboards are becoming increasingly popular for everything
from dinghies to small race boats. We put three new models to the test.

The first days of the inaugural Ocean Race Atlantic test the fleet with sporty conditions.

Though they’ve made sailing easier and more accessible, electric winches must be treated with appropriate caution.

Sometimes it’s the imperfections that make things perfect.

Six IMOCAs are lining up in New York this week for the inaugural Ocean Race Atlantic, a fully-crewed sprint from New York City to Lorient, France.

Tank water can easily be contaminated with anything from a lingering bad taste to dangerous bacteria. Installing a triple filtration set up on Ben-Varrey helped.

The effort to save Maine’s classic plastic fleet began—as so many great things do—with three friends and a foolish idea.

Boat meets spaceship at the luxury end of the market.