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Offshore Cruising Q&A

Preparation is key to successful cruising. Regardless of the size, make or model of your boat, understanding its critical systems and having a plan is

Offshore Cruising: Helm Lock

Preparation is key to successful cruising. Regardless of the size, make or model of your boat, understanding its critical systems and having a plan is

Offshore Cruising: Gauge Tips

Preparation is key to successful cruising. Regardless of the size, make or model of your boat, understanding its critical systems and having a plan is

Offshore Cruising: Making Labels

Preparation is key to successful cruising. Regardless of the size, make or model of your boat, understanding its critical systems and having a plan is

Five Simple Anchoring Tips

An anchor isn’t just for passing the day or night away from the marina. It is a key piece of safety gear–something to keep you

Anchoring Tips: Etiquette

An anchor isn’t just for passing the day or night away from the marina. It is a key piece of safety gear–something to keep you

Photo: Tom Cunliffe

Cruising Tips

Log the Glass These days with weather forecasts available wherever there is WiFi, it doesn’t do to forget the old ways. Last season I was

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The Four Seasons of Boat Maintenance

Contributing Editor Christopher Birch’s much anticipated book The Four Seasons of Boat Maintenance is out now. Billed as “the maintenance manual that should have come

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Uncharted Water

A classic racing yacht, three weeks at sea, and eight crewmates you’ve never met. What could go wrong?

Photo: Christopher Birch

The Hard Truth About Doing It All

Editor’s Note: This story is excerpted from SAIL Contributing Editor Christopher Birch’s upcoming book The Four Seasons of Boat Maintenance(available for order soon)—a compendium of

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