Pacific Light Show
A Pacific Northwest getaway culminates in a display of nature’s fireworks

Lazy Days on Canal du Midi
Charter cruising through Southern France

Big City Escape: On the Other Side of the World
Peace and quiet in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf

Port Hopping on the Bay of Naples
Fickle breezes take nothing away from a cruise along Italy’s stunning Amalfi Coast

Voyage to the Blue Hole
A cruise along the coral reef off tiny Belize

Cruising Where Crab is King
Searching for the perfect crab cake in Chesapeake Bay

Boats & Gear

Gear
Knives and multitools

Technique
Telling tides

Perry on Design
Sun Odyssey 49, Etap 37, Centurion 40, Governor’s Cup 21

Boat Doctor
Fixing leaky compasses and polishing dull hulls

Boat Test
Tartan 4400

Used Boat Notebook
Contessa 32

Departments

For Openers

Full & By
A family’s free life of ocean wandering flounders in a jail cell

Letters

On the Wind
Silly sailing stunt record-setters shouldn’t drag others into their lunacy

Splashes
The J/24 turns 25

Nautical Library
The Kydd is back and Brian Hancock gets risky

Launchings
New boat: Island Packet 370

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