Cruising the Blues Lagoon
A hidden corner of Tahiti is uncovered on a big cat cruise

A Cruising Cat Convert
One sailor debunks the myths that cats can’t sail upwind or cross oceans

Return to Avalon
A refitted Canadian schooner gets the celebrity treatment during a Great Lakes tour of tall ships

Hudson Bay Beat
Relentless headwinds put the chill on a North Canadian passage

Ready for the Meltemi
U.S. Olympic sailors will face unreliable winds and a formidable international fleet

Boats & Gear


Boat Test
Hunter 33

Boat Doctor
Finding traditional-looking cordage and color- matching gelcoat

Gear
Smart stuff for cruising

Technique
Handling big cats

Used Boat Notebook
Prout Snowgoose 37

Perry on Design
Telstar 28, Dragonfly 920, Manta 42 MKII, Sunreef 60

Departments

For Openers

Full & By
Portraits of the beauty of sail in living black and white

Letters

On the Wind
There’s a world of sailing in section 797.1

Splashes
Wild and wacky UBS Trophy

Nautical Library
The Pride of the Sea, sailing on Darwin’s heels
and summers spent on a catboat

Launchings
New Boat: Lagoon 440

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