Some 25 miles west of Antigua and down wind, four islands that are off the cruising beaten path and therein lines their allure. Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts and Saba for a chain of mountainous and ...

Voss was a man of the sea so he was able to modify his new boat with raised bulwarks, decking, a small cabin and a three-masted schooner rig that flew 270 square feet of canvas. Yet, Tilikum, as the ...

The interior layout, created by the Adi Design team and Solaris’ engineers, has the large master suite forward and two ...

Here’s a gripping story from British sailor and author Ben Good recounting his first North Atlantic crossing. Th eboat was ...

An accomplish author, he recently came out with a new book aptly titled Skip Novak on Sailing. The book is a combination of a ...

Back on December 12, an incident occurred 150 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras that raises, once again, the question of what it means to abandon a perfectly good sailboat at sea just because the crew ...

Before reading on, please take a moment to fill out this week’s survey so we can share your knowledge and experiences with the Cruising Compass family. Thanks. The apparent wind steering function on ...

Before reading on, please take a moment to fill out this week’s survey so we can share your knowledge and experiences with the Cruising Compass family. Thanks. On your autopilot, how often do you use ...

After spending three days at the Cannes Yachting Festival in France last September and meeting with the leaders of the major boat building companies, including Group Beneteau, Hanse Groupe, Fountain ...

Throughout 2025, Groupe Beneteau will be celebrating 140 years of continuous boat building with events at boat shows and through their dealer networks around the world. These will be fun ways for ...

While we have noted this before, it is worthwhile reiterating that the Salty Dawg Sailing Association has bitten off a big new project for 2025, a transatlantic rally to the Azores. While sailing ...

Blue Water Sailing is now in its 22nd year of publication and reaches readers across North America and around the world. The magazine was founded by George and Rosa Day, who spent five years sailing ...