Features

22 The Long Way Home

What was to be a quick trip through the Erie Canal ends up taking more than a month

52 Top 10 Sailing Museums

SAILING's picks for the best U.S. museums for sailors

60 The Dawn of a New Cup Changes abound as the Auld Mug makes a new home in Europe

63 Mr. Fix It

Carl Eichenlaub has been helping sailors sail faster for more than 50 years

66 Singlehanded but not Alone

The Around Alone race breeds friends and family, not bitter rivals

72 Cruising the Other Cape

The charms of that great Massachusetts Cape-Ann, not CodBoats

Boats & Gear

30 Boat Test

Etap 26i

34 Perry on Design

Hunter 426, Babson Island 35, Swan 75 RS, Moody 64

38 Technique

Splicing three-strand line

42 Boat Doctor

Putting the shine back in the hull and more anchoring tips

44 Used Boat Notebook

Pearson 40

46 New Gear for 2003The latest gear for sailors comes in a high-tech package

Departments

5 For Openers

6 Full & By

A never-ending cruise on other people's boats

8 Letters

10 On the Wind

Sailors are egalitarian members of the sailing clan

12 Splashes

Cannons really do thunder

20 Nautical Library

The true Tristan Jones and a sailor's anthology

78 Launchings

New boat: Dufour 40

85 The Wharf

Brokerage, charters and other sailing-related products and services