47 A Certifiable Cruise
Cruising the BVIs takes an educational turn when
living aboard and learning aboard go hand in hand

54 Hooked on Sailing
Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, Judy Swanson,
finds mentoring young sailors the key to learning

62 Sailing 101
A group of college students finds that learning
during winter break isn’t so bad—at least when it’s
on sailboats in sunny Florida

66 The Transpac
A century ago a Hawaiian king had a vision—today
it’s called the Transpac

70 Out of the Boat … Into Hell
Things can go horribly wrong even for experienced passagemakers, as a runaway life raft leads to a
skipper’s death

Boats & Gear

26 Gear
New cruising gear

29 Perry on Design
Wyliecat 44, Hawkins schooner, Emapcher yawl,
Bury Double 30

33 Boat Doctor
Rebuilding broken heads and sizing rope runners

34 Boat Test
Sun Odyssey 49DS

38 Technique
Diesel engine maintenance

Departments

5 For Openers

6 Full & By
These are hard times to practice the fine art of
going aground

8 Letters

10 On the Wind
Don’t toss that boat brochure, it’ll be worth money someday

12 Splashes
Velsheda sails rail down off Antigua

20 Nautical Library
A compass history, a BVI mystery and coming of
age on a tall ship

74 Launchings
New Boat: Hunter 25

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