
A Spare Parts Guide
Breaking Down The Art of Breaking Down.


You ask, we answered: Ask SAIL is back. Send your questions to sailmail@sailmagazine.com to be featured in the magazine. We have a whole bag of lines

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

Renewing your six-pack license is a process. Here’s what you need to know.

Amidst a construction shuffle, America’s biggest sailboat show will look a little different this year. The City Dock Resilience and Revitalization Project is reshaping Annapolis’

Photos provided courtesy of the manufacturers It’s been a long time coming, but 2027 is truly the year of the cat. For the first time

Aspiring distance voyagers will find this newest cat a perfect fit.

While checking in on my parent’s boat at the yard, I saw this unusual keel. What’s the purpose of it? — Maddie Doherty, via sailmail@sailmagazine.com

The 2026 Newport International Boatshow is underway now. Here’s what to look forward to.

A new documentary relives the 1995 America’s Cup, as told by the American teams vying to defend the Auld Mug.

My parents, who have been collecting SAIL since I started working here like they did with my childhood artwork, are running out of storage space.

Team United by the Ocean took first place in the inaugural transatlantic race, with American-flagged 11th Hour Racing in a close second.

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.