Features

40    Sharpen your Skills
We help you navigate through a sea of sailing schools

48    To the Victors Go the Spoils
A classic race around Barbados is revived with a shot of rum

61     New Sailors, Big City
New York City's first community sailing center takes Manhattan by storm

Boats & Gear

26    Perry on Design
SL33, SeaCart 26 OD, Sunreef 58

29    Boat Test
Catalina 355

33     Boat Doctor
Tracking down electrical problems

Gear
Props and bow thrusters

Technique
Maintaining standing rigging

Departments

For Openers

Full and By
When Launch Day was marked by hard work and heavy metal

Letters

On the Wind
Even middle-of-the-fleeters can win if they never give up

Splashes
An around-the-world grandma considers another go

Nautical Library
Tales of Capt. Dynamite

Launchings
New boat: Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 409

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