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Top Tips for Handling Catamarans

Though equally seaworthy, cats like this Lagoon 380 need to be handled differently than a comparable monohull Since you’re reading this in a multihull magazine,

Celestial Navigation 12

In episode 12 of the Celestial Navigation series, learn how to calculate planet sights, with two additional corrections to the sight reduction process. Read more…

Charter: The Right Crew

I was recently asked to run a charter for friends. As non-sailors, they didn’t know what to expect or who else to invite. I suggested

Notice to Mariners: MLB and AC37

Major League Baseball is up and running again following a 99-day lockout, during which the league’s team owners basically said they weren’t going to play

Celestial Navigation 11

In episode 11 of the Celestial Navigation series, learn how to pre-calculate the time of nautical and civil twilight, as well as correcting a star

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Selecting a Marine Pro

Note: This story is excerpted from SAIL Contributing Editor Christopher Birch’s upcoming book The Four Seasons of Boat Maintenance—a compendium of lessons learned during his

Squalls at night are no joke, but good preparation will get you through safely. Photo courtesy of Andy Schell

Storms & Sea Stories

The wind built faster than it was forecasted to. We ate dinner with full sail, close-reaching on a building SSW’ly breeze. Before dark we had

Photo: Lisa Smith Molinari

A Charter Passage Rewritten

Sailing on a schedule is famously a recipe for disaster, but on charter you don’t have much of a choice. The adventure is what you make of it. 

Photo: Zuzana Prochazka

Tahiti Revisited

After a long absence, one sailor finds herself sailing the waters of her youth and contemplating years of change in all its forms.

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May Issue Preview

Spring is in the air and warmer weather is right around the corner. Get ready for the season with SAIL’s adventure issue! Through the Eyes

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