2021 July 1

Viva Ensenada

The race down the West Coast from Newport Beach, California, to Ensenada, Mexico, has drawn racers for 75 years with fun and challenging sailing

By Betsy Senescu
After being sidelined during the long pandemic pause, the annual Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race in late April marked our long-awaited return to sailboat racing. We scrambled to make our boat race read
2021 June 1

Where Waka and Wild Meet

New Zealand’s America’s Cup success is rooted in a rich maritime tradition still celebrated today

By Craig Ligibel
When Emirates Team New Zealand flew across the finish line in March, successfully defending the America’s Cup, it came as no surprise to  New Zealand artist John Ioane, who has a unique perspec
2021 June 1

Passage to nowhere

With exotic landfalls out of the question, John Kretschmer discovered a new way to do sail-training passages: make seafall instead

By John Kretschmer
Close your eyes. You can hear the waves washing along the hull and feel the raw power as Quetzal sails into the heart of the Caribbean Sea on a sweet close reach. She rides the building easterly swell
2021 June 1

Hallberg-Rassy 50

With all kinds of bells and whistles available, this cruiser can make ocean passages in comfort

By Robert H. Perry
I always enjoy getting a new Hallberg-Rassy model to review. I like German Frers hull designs and the layouts and decks of the H-R boats are always very well thought out. This new model at 50 fee
2021 June 1

Jeanneau 60

This powerful performance cruiser has speed and style for world cruising

By Robert H. Perry
Here’s a big, stylish cruising boat from Jeanneau with the focus on comfort. The Jeanneau Yacht 60 is designed by Philippe Briand, a very accomplished designer of both racing and cruising boats.Look
2021 June 1

Understanding sail trim

Proper trimming goes beyond getting the telltales to fly and sheeting until it stops luffing

By Nick Hayes
If music is how we feel math, then sailing is how we live physics. And sail trim, like playing an instrument, is our touchpoint with the medium. In fact, apart from steering a sailboat, which is one o
2021 May 28

July-August 2021

Table of contents

By SAILING Magazine
Features  Passage to nowhere John Kretschmer discovers a new way to do sail-training passages by making seafall instead of landfall Where waka and wild meetNew Zealand’s America’
2021 May 28

Leopard 42

This new cruising cat has all the luxury features and speed performance of its bigger sisters in a compact, easy-to-handle package

By Chris Caswell
Full disclosure: I love Leopard Catamarans. I’ve “owned” several, admittedly only for a week at a time on bareboat charters, but that was enough to find them fun to sail, easy to maintain and ve
2021 April 5

Is my autopilot right for my boat?

By Bob Pingel
Is my autopilot right for my boat?Dear Boat Doctor, I am installing an autopilot in my Compass 47, and I have some questions. I chose the Raymarine Evolution autopilot, specifically the EV400 core pac
2021 April 1

Sailing the American Riviera

A backyard charter off Santa Barbara, California, is the perfect ‘coastal distancing’ cruise

By Betsy Senescu
The afternoon sail had been brisk, slicing through the cobalt sea with a string of verdant islands to our south and dramatically rising mountains to the north. After heading back to our slip, we fresh
2021 April 1

Charter with Abandon

Packing a ditch bag when you charter provides peace of mind for this happy group of sailors

By Betsy Senescu
We didn’t see the lone water bottle floating in the choppy seas as we departed Gallowsbay Harbor on the Caribbean island of St. Eustatius. Even if we had, we might not have realized it was attached
2021 April 1

Oyster 495

The raised-saloon cruiser has creature comforts for two couples

By Robert H. Perry
Here’s a new Oyster model that is about the same LOA as the Shogun 50, but this is a cruising boat with no pretense to being a race boat. Oyster did not invent the raised saloon configuration.
2021 April 1

Top 10 Places to get back into the charter groove

Charter cruisers have been tied to the dock for the last year, but with travel restrictions easing as the pandemic wanes, the time is now to book your next charter. Charter companies are getting ready for a record season, with many experiencing a boom in

By SAILING Magazine
No. 10 Lake SuperiorThe deep blue waters of Lake Superior are best sailing in the summer months once the lake has warmed. There are miles of unspoiled wilderness to sail. Leaving from Bayfield, Wiscon
2021 April 1

Shogun 50

The racer-cruiser is 200% fast and comfortable

By Robert H. Perry
I frequently ask my editor Greta to give me something interesting and different to review. Well, I got my wish this month. This new design by Oscar and Haken Södergren is really different. If yo
2021 April 1

Busman's Holiday

A chartering pro visits the British Virgin Islands to get a firsthand look at how to navigate pandemic protocols. And it turns out it’s pretty easy.

By Erin L. Schanen
The rugged beauty of The Baths is a popular BVI spot.When chartering is your job, sometimes you have to take one for the team. Such is the life of Josie Tucci, who is the vice president of sales and m
2021 April 1

Selecting the right propeller for your boat

Choosing the correct propeller will give you the best of all worlds for performance sailing, club racing, motor sailing or motoring

By Geoff Prior
Should you ditch your fixed propeller? If your goal is to sail or motor to your destination more quickly, whether to the anchorage for cocktails or to your first waypoint on a passage, then a folding
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Perry on Design

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