
Cruising: Sailing With a Young Family
The dark is alive when you are surrounded by water. Black is tinted blue and silver, and sky meets surf with electricity and the lapping

The dark is alive when you are surrounded by water. Black is tinted blue and silver, and sky meets surf with electricity and the lapping

The proposal struck a chord: Jock, an old sailing buddy, had his Pacific Seacraft 37, Annie, in Puerto Rico and welcomed hands to bring her
It’s not as easy as pressing a button, but once you learn to use a windvane you’ll never get stuck hand-steering again.

The first days of the inaugural Ocean Race Atlantic test the fleet with sporty conditions.

Though they’ve made sailing easier and more accessible, electric winches must be treated with appropriate caution.

Sometimes it’s the imperfections that make things perfect.

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