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2008 Issues

December-

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October-
We need the USCG Auxiliary—we don’t need wanna-be cops at sea

July-At its 100th running, the Mac is more important than a sailboat race


June-Epitaph for a productive life:He always found time for sailing


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February-you can tell a crack racing crew form the thunder below


January-At the mercy of the sea...and the sea showed no mercy


2007 Issues


December-How many polyesters died to make that sailing shirt?

November-
The ocean racer who chronicled ‘the finest of lives’

October

September

August


July-Bligh-Queeg syndrome still the downfall of many a sailor

June-Sailors have rights over fishermen–good luck


May-Sailors didn’t bring the grotesque goby, but they could pay for it

April-Let’s raise a mug of seawater to our sailing Don Quixotes

March-Cruising in tune, but not in touch, with the bottom

February-The sailor’s best friend is an ancient bit of technology

January-Be careful out there—the sailing safety police are watching

2006 Issues

December-Ah, the beauty of sailing in the autumnal glory—oh, shut up

November-From hanks to high-tech, there’s been one constant in sailing: the beauty

October-This is no time to be navigating by the sound of breaking waves

September-Fearless and strong of stomach? This job’s for you

August-Safety scolds shouldn’t get any ideas from race’s PFD mandate

July-How a freak of nature gave me my best day of sailing

June-Dangerous words: Let’s sail away, just the two of us

May-Cleat the rope, set the shoot, cinch up your pee-ef-dee

April-The novel idea that lets us make our own sailing adventures

March-Don’t mind the cranky wind gods and voracious flies—this is heaven

February-Definitely not a nice safe ride in your father’s Volvo

January-You don’t need Playmates to see the beauty of Croatian cruising


2005 Issues


December-How fuzzy math made me kill the engine and save my sailing soul

November-The America’s Cup is dead—long live the Euro Cup

October-Women along for the ride? Maybe in Saudi Arabia, not in yacht racing

September-A disastrous career at sea leads (of course) to shipwreck

August-The plot to steal your free marine weather service

July-These are hard times to practice the fine art of going aground

June-It’s a tender subject, but inflation can be a good thing


May-Scandalizing the main was one of sailing’s historic bloopers

April-Close counts in navigating the old-fashioned way

March-Our boats are strong & inside of the envelope

February-How you gonna keep em down on the water?

January-The Great Spartite Flood and other adventures of the self-reliant sailor


2004 Issues
December-Sailing leaps forward to the past on the wings of long overhangs

November-Altruistic sailors are creating a new sterotype

0ctober-Lessons in cruising from two small boys and their stuff

September-When rating rules fail, there’s always the dodger handicap

August-Portraits of the beauty of sail in living black and white


July-How sailing in political seas can cost you your boat

June-The art of stand-up backpack passagemaking

May-Memories of simple sailing survive bites of the big-boat bug

April-The clogged-head test finds few elitists in sailing

March-A Revolutionary War motto to warn off the PFD police


February-One of the bravest of those ‘orphaned in the immensity of the sea’

January-A Cape Horner’s last words on the last time around


2003 Issues

December-A rare bird casts a shadow as O’Brian goes to the big screen

November-A lesson in how to turn people off of sailing

October-A family’s free life of ocean wandering founders in a jail cell

Sepember-A dose on the nose is a tonic for the sailing soul.

August-How decibel lust is polluting the sailing environment

July-How a sweet sailing victory left a bitter wake

June-The drunken sailor is dead—long live the temperate tippling sailor

May-A never-ending cruise on other people's boats

April-Forget Stocks, Buy a Sailboat

March-An Around Alone racer with true grit-inside and out

February-The sailing trophies that count are the experiences

January-If the audience matters, send a fleet to chase the Cup


2002 Issues

December-Don't make the mistake of confusing the Great Lakes with lakes

November-Broke and alone on a stormy sea, his dream comes true

October-Beat the drum slowly and pass the ginger

Sepember-Even sea-going bumblers deserve a well-funded USCG

August-In search of pleasure on a (sometimes) cruel sea

July-Sailing leads the way in the podium-finish movement

June-There ‘she’ goes–is it a boat or a farm implement?

May-Does anyone care who wins the America’s Cup?

April-A daysailer of timeless beauty, a designer's legacy

March-Simple joys and simple boats—for many, that’s sailing

February-Starving crews and hot women—that’s sailing entertainment

January-A tale of a schooner captain, a jet skier and weird justice


2001 Issues

December-Expensive safety-at-sea lesson could have been worse

November-How vintage sailing hardware saved my house

October-Keeping a lookout is easier said than done

September-Hardy survivors of the fiberglass revolution

August-Rail meat forever? Don't count on it

July-The librarian and the monster cat: a true story of sailing adventure

June-Sojourning in the Windwards, where cruising dreams live and die

May-We few who love sailing—warts and all

April-Still crazy, and maybe born again, after all these years

March-Sailing is safe, except when you’re dodging icebergs at 40 knots

February-The most remarkable cat?

January-DSC in, old VHF over and out



2000 Issues

December-A startling revelation for the O’Brian cult

November-Too bad the clipper couple aren’t here for The Race

October-Following the School Bus to a meeting with the Mexican

September-It's getting harder to sail away from our nanny

August-How the LINDA E was found

July-GPS is now nearly perfect, but it's not fair

June-To ensure the good fortune of the ship

May-Down to earth: where sailors shouldn’t be

April-A menu of dramatic, flawed Cup racing

March-Sailing's freestanding freethinker

February-The Riddle of Linda E.

January-Now in production: A tribute to a visionary


1999 Issues

December-A weak link in safety at sea

November-You too can 'do' a sailing adventure

August-The decadence of steering in comfort

July-In search of vanishing stability

June-The beauty of sailing behind Cape Horn

May-A Down East tale of the son and the father

April-Danger Zone: Racing boats in a storm

March-An 8-foot giant of a sailboat

February-Legacy of a Chanteyman

January-An inspiration from the slingshot age


1998 Issues
December-A memory of the last time around

November-Fly the flag properly...and watch the salsa

October-In praise of older boats

September-PFD-required class is not for sailors

August-WSJ exclusive: Sailboats too fast!

July-A fair wind? Don’t count on it

June-Shackleton's cold sail into history

May-Heeling is a drag-in more ways than one

April-Annals of the self-reliant sailor

March-The captain and the kids

February-A prescription we can live with

January-PHRF to big crews: Stay home



1997 Issues

September-Be tolerant, or, better yet, sail away

August-We love our compass, heart and sole

July-Lives enriched by voyaging under sail

May-Bright ideas and joy in a rough night at sea

April-Making Everysailor's pipe dream a reality

March-A rocket, but not a Star, for 2000

February-All they did was make sailing better

January-Behold these gorgeous things



1996 Issues

December-Around the world--with a freshwater start

November-A small step away from racing mumbo jumbo

October-The immersion test

September-The man who loved sailing

August-A ship to nurture our sailing roots

July-Dilettantes at sea

June-The 'jump in' boat

May-The perils of taking a refrigerator around the buoys

April-The clockmaker who saved lost sailors

March-The boat that changed everything

February-The sum of sailing in one small book

January-The lost art of broaching

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