24 On the Block

Hopeful America’s Cup teams look for new

ways to make it to 2007

52 The Need for Speed

The pursuit of breaking records pushes sailing to a new extreme

60 Cruising Where Life is Slow

Lake Huron’s Les Cheneaux’s Islands offer

cruisers a kinship with nature and wilderness

66 Slow Boat to Hong Kong

A sailor’s first offshore passage was a struggle against the best and worst the ocean can dish up

68 The 10 Best Sailing Events

SAILING picks the top must-attend gatherings

of the sailing clan
BOATS & GEAR

30 Gear

Comfy cruising

36 Boat Doctor

Fixing the C&C smile and more rudder repair tips

37 Technique

Outboard engine maintenance

42 Perry on Design

Beneteau 323, Seguin 52, Sabre 386, Swan 601

46 Used Boat Notebook

Tartan 34

48 Boat Test | page 1 - page 2 - page 3 - page 4

Swan 45
DEPARTMENTS

5 For Openers

6 Full & By

Memories of simple sailing survive bites of the big-boat bug

8 Letters

12 On the Wind

There’s a silver lining in every fog bank

14 Splashes

Launching the new J-boat Ranger

22 Nautical Library

Epic anthologies and the sailing presidency of FDR

76 Launchings

New boat: Dehler 47

77 The Wharf

Brokerage, charters and other sailing-related products and services