Cruising California’s Wild Side
A jaunt to the Channel Island’s San Miguel has this crew hiking with the pinnipeds and eating gourmet

The Lure of Key West
The annual gathering of the racing clan going strong after 17 years

In Search of Old Maine
A pair of sailors cruise the far reaches of Penobscot Bay looking for traces of the old Down East life

A Midsummer’s Bay Cruise
A meandering Chesapeake Bay charter cruise takes two old friends from back creeks to big city

Cruising in Summer’s Twilight
A family of cruisers discover the joys of late-season sailing on Lake Michigan’s Traverse Bay

BOATS & GEAR

Perry on Design
Moody 47, Perry 60, Vilm 117, Catalina 387

Gear
Boat shoes

Technique
Tuning mysteries solved

Boat Doctor
Using epoxy as a varnish alternative and drying out after winter

Boat Test
Island Packet 370

DEPARTMENTS

For Openers

Full & By
The clogged-head test finds few elitist in sailing

Letters

On the Wind
Turn that logbook into the keeper of the sailing memories

Splashes
An average Jaques smashes the solo nonstop round-the-world record

Nautical Library
Magellan’s excellent adventure, sailing physics and the murky truth of real-life legends

Launchings
Sailing Olympians bound for Athens

The Wharf
Brokerage, charters and other sailing-related products and services

Walter Cooper photo