In Search of Mantas in Wild Polynesia
September 29, 2025
One family treks off the beaten path, on the lookout for some truly special encounters with nature.
One family treks off the beaten path, on the lookout for some truly special encounters with nature.
The Bar Keeper’s Friend It doesn’t matter what a class act your boat is, I’ll bet the builders let a few so-called stainless steel bolts
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People ask me a lot if I want to go cruising full time again. And I think, sure. Sure I do. I want to live
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This weekend saw the fourth annual Northeast Ocean Racing Symposium (NORS), held at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. The day of technical lectures and networking
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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
