The Race is only two days of the seven-day festival. Here are more reasons to plan to be in Dominica March 21 to March 27.

On January 21, a motor cruiser anchored off Virgin Gorda’s Spanish Town had an expensive T-Foiling Board stolen from the flybridge, where is was secured but not locked, while the boat’s crew were ...

The Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show opens on February 11 and promises to be a city-wide boating extravaganza. There are plenty of reasons to jet to Miami in February not the least being ...

Solo sailor Joe Harris set off from Newport, Rhode Island in November 2015 in an attempt to break the non stop solo around the world record. After two ...

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. When maneuvering under power in close ...

Last week’s incursion by the U.S. military into Venezuela to remove the country’s president Nicolas Maduro involved a large build-up of ships, air power and troops in the Southern Caribbean. For a few ...

For the foreseeable future, most American sailing cruisers will be running their boats on diesel engines and fossil fuel. That’s just the common-sense fact. For seasonal sailing cruisers, we can go 10 ...

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. Do you have a primary fuel filter and ...

Slovenian builder Elan Yacht recently introduced an all-new, high-tech J & J Elan 65 which is the first design in their new luxury line of performance cruising sloops. The move took the sailing ...

With the Dusseldorf boat show called “boot Dusseldorf” set to open at the end of the month, all eyes are turning to the new designs that will be introduced there. Dutch builder Contest will not ...

Even with accurate weather forecasting and long-range weather models, from time to time those of us who go to sea will encounter heavy weather. This is particularly true for those sailing in higher ...