Features

Young at heart
Their boats may be classics, but the members of the Old Gaffers Association know how to celebrate

Retrofits
Bayfield 25, Beneteau Oceanis 430, Tayana 52

Gifts for sailors
Editors picks for holiday gift giving

Detour to Desolation Sound
Taking time to savor the beauty of the wilderness on an early season cruise through British Columbia's Strait of Georgia

Boats & Gear

Gear
House batteries

Boat Doctor
How to go aloft alone

Perry on Design
Moody 54DS, Hanse 505, Hallberg-Rassy 55

Boat Test
Beneteau Oceanis 55

Technique
How to complete a start-from-scratch bottom job

Departments

For Openers

Full and By
Why paper charts? To navigate the story of your sailing life

Letters

On the Wind
Dear Larry, your America's Cup was an embarrassment of riches

Splashes
A grandmother circumnavigates the world, the Oliver Hazard Perry restored and Luna Rossa wins the cup

Nautical Library
Love at sea, learn to cruise and sailing for kids

Sailors Among Us
The IOD Whisperer Bruce Dyson

Launchings
New boat: Pogo 30

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