60 Sailing to Syria

Cruising rallies to the Black Sea and Middle East

68 Schoonerin’ to Nantucket

Admirals and anchors in Melville’s ‘elbow of sand’

76 Against the Wind

Gale Browning has her eyes set on the world’s most grueling solo-sailing events

Boats & Gear

26 Used Boat

Albin Vega

30 Gear

Compasses

34 Technique

Curing soft decks

Departments

5 For Openers

6 Full & By

There ‘she’ goes–is it a boat or a farm implement?

8 Letters

12 On the Wind

All that’s left when a cruising dream dies is a castaway boat

14 Splashes

Grenada’s sailing festival and Volvo hits the U.S.A.

21 Nautical Library

The American Sailboat

80 Launchings

Fusion 15

81 The Wharf

Brokerage, charters and other sailing-related products and services

Small Boat Section

38 Perry on Design

WindRider 17, Walker Bay 10, X3, Sonatina, T590

42 SAILING Puts Four New Small Boats to the Test

Splash, Hobie Getaway, Ensign Classic, Sierra 26

46 Yes, in a J/22!

A small-boat sailor voyages from California to Florida via the Panama Canal

51 The Dean of One-Design

George Fisher has spent most of his 75 years sharing his passion for sailing

52 Why the Y-boat?

The Olympics’ newest keelboat puts a premium on strategy

58 Perfectly Simple

Sailing a variation of Vietnam’s river sampans