2019 April 1

Agenda-free Adventure

A carefree cruise provided plenty of opportunities to let the wind be the decision-maker for these warm-water seekers

By Charlotte Peterson
With the summer of scow racing a distant memory, a sailing adventure was exactly what my husband Matt and I needed to escape a brutal Midwest winter. Our destination had to meet several criteria: have
2019 April 1

Staying afloat

How to avert disaster when your boat starts taking on water

By David Liscio
When the Farr PH 56 Monterey sank in May 2017 during the Antigua-to-Bermuda Race, nobody was more shocked than owner and skipper Les Crane. After all, he’d sailed the boat more than 40,000 miles dur
2019 April 1

How can I keep corrosion at bay?

By Bob Pingel
Dear Boat Doctor, I have owned my Tartan 37 for more than 25 years, first on freshwater and now in the Chesapeake and the Bahamas. I love saltwater, but it is eating my boat. What can I do to keep th
2019 April 1

Sailboat racing should be a simple game

By Chris Caswell
I really do understand that “it’s-all-about-me” seems to be pre-installed in today’s precious snowflakes at the factory before delivery, and snowflakes are apparently old enough to have t
2019 April 1

Welcome to my sailing museum

By Bill Schanen
Decluttering isn’t the first trend I failed to exploit for financial gain. In one unfortunate example, I missed the bitcoin investment boom out of some quaint and no doubt age-related mistrust of m
2019 April 1

Table of Contents

March 2019

By SAILING Magazine
Features The need for speedTeam USA faces a learning curve racing the foiling SailGP in Sydney, AustraliaCruising in the shadow of Mt. VesuviusItaly’s Bay of Naples offers a one-of-a-kind&
2019 March 7

Boat detailing

Start the season right by getting your hull sparkling clean

By Bob Pingel
Spring cleaning is a ritual, but when it comes to boats it’s often a necessity. Before you launch for the season is often the only and best opportunity to get a boat sparkling clean. But that kind o
2019 March 1

When the sea is in a snit

One of the scariest legs of a journey halfway across the world turns out to be a section of the Caribbean Sea, where monster waves, big winds and current combine for a wild ride

By Tor Johnson
I saw the wave coming, just ahead and to windward. As we approached I noticed an unusually deep trough opening between the second wave in the train and the first. The seas and wind had been build
2019 March 1

Get the season started

Work on your boat now so you can spend the season sailing, not fixing

By SAILING Magazine
 Regardless of where you sail, odds are the off season was challenging. From the polar vortex to record cold and heaps of snow, the weather has sailors even more excited than usual to hit the wat
2019 March 1

Oceanis 30.1

This entry-level family cruiser has packed in everything for fun sailing

By Robert H. Perry
Here is a very interesting 30-footer—its actually 29 feet 6 inches—from Beneteau for its Oceanis series. The design is by Finot-Conq with an interior design from the Nauta Design studio. This
2019 March 1

Amel 60

This French cruiser sets a unique course for offshore sailing

By Robert H. Perry
Here is a beautiful new 60-footer from Amel that comes just two years after it introduced the Amel 50. It’s a handsome design in the contemporary Euro style from the office of Berret-Racoupeau Yacht
2019 March 1

Cal 25-2

A roomy pocket-cruiser that’s a breeze to sail

By David Liscio
It’s not hard to understand why the original Cal 25 appealed to so many sailors. It was relatively inexpensive, easy to maintain, comfortable below deck and fun to sail. Jensen Marine built 1,848 of
2019 March 1

A sailing story in five chapters

By Nick Hayes
Sailors usually have more stories than their nonsailing friends have the patience to hear. Surround a sailor with sailing friends and liquid refreshments and colorful and unforgettable tales will flow
2019 March 1

Table of Contents

March 2019

By SAILING Magazine
Features When the sea is in a snitOne of the scariest legs of a journey halfway across the world turns out to be a section of the Caribbean SeaGet the season startedWork on your boat no
2019 March 1

Packing a big punch

The Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 319 is a new entry-level cruiser that packs all the best of a big cruiser in an affordable package

By Greta Schanen
The test boat came with the standard stainless steel bow roller, but the 319 is available with an optional sprit to fly an asymmetrical spinnaker or code zero. The new Sun Odyssey 319 sails into
2019 February 7

Back on island time

The islands decimated by two record hurricanes in 2017 are a little worse for wear, but fully back in action for the winter sailing season

By SAILING Magazine
It has been a year and a half since Hurricane Irma, the largest hurricane recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, barreled over parts of the Caribbean, leaving a wake of destruction in its path in September 2
2019 February 1

Why is my alternator eating the belt?

By Bob Pingel
Dear Boat Doctor, I recently upgraded the alternator on my Yanmar 4JH2DTE and things aren’t going smoothly. It is a Balmar 100A alternator with a Max Charge alternator. The alternator is working gr
2019 February 1

How to deploy a sentinel anchor

This little known method can keep your anchor from dragging in rough conditions

By David Liscio
Menacing clouds and increasing wind announced that a powerful storm was about to cross over the British Virgin Islands. We were tucked into outlying Anegada, the area’s flattest and most unprotected
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Perry on Design

  • Oceanis 30.1

    This entry-level family cruiser has packed in everything for fun sailing

  • Amel 60

    This French cruiser sets a unique course for offshore sailing

  • Sun Odyssey 319

    This small, attractive cruiser has plenty of options to suit every need

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