
Chartering and Nature’s Comeback
The lure of early-season boating is a beast with two heads.

The lure of early-season boating is a beast with two heads.


One cruising couple slows the pace down with a visit to this mid-Atlantic gem.

A sail to Newfoundland, and a summer spent cruising there, expands one sailor’s horizons in every way.

A cruise through the Pacific islands of Panama reveals another side of the country known mostly for its canal.

Lively sailing, mind-bending history, rich culture, and…spelunking? A charter through Greece’s Cyclades Islands is abundant in every way.

While exploring the Canadian Maritimes, a side visit to Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a chance to enjoy another country altogether.

Skinny water and all, a shoulder-season charter in Belize makes for a great escape.

To answer that unanswerable question, the best is what you make of it.

A shakedown passage across the Bay of Biscay proves challenging and empowering.

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.

Tides are an essential part of coastal sailing, so don’t forget to look at the moon once in a while.

The Magenta Project seeks applicants for their 2026-2027 mentorship program.

Twist: The Big Question When asked to help out onboard, I’m sometimes surprised to find how many skippers only have a vague notion of how

The sailing world has lost another great this week in the passing of John Rousmaniere, author of Fastnet Force 10 and numerous other sailing texts.

As a yacht broker, many people have talked to me about wanting to buy a boat, learning to sail, and then taking their own boat

A new flagship elevates an iconic and evergreen cruising brand.