Features

31    Remembering Hobie
Using ingenuity fostered creating iconic surfboards, Alter changed the face of sailing with affordable catamarans that were fast and fun

35    Trailersailing above the treetops
A High Sierra adventure brings trailersailors from near and far for alpine sailing on Huntington Lake and Courtright Reservoir

44    The birth of Frankenscot
A 40-year-old Flying Scot gets a mad-scientist makeover for the Everglades Challenge, a wacky race between a quirky collection of boats along Florida’s coast

51    Flocks of fun
Taking after its namesake in ungainly appearance, the San Francisco Bay Pelican has built a loyal following with its good-natured, easy-to-sail manner


Boats & Gear

22    Technique
Launching with a crane   

24    Gear
Life jackets

27    Boat Doctor
Fixing a flaky bottom

28    Perry on Design
Tattoo 22, Varianta 18, Paine 14

Departments

7    For Openers

8    Full and By
A risk-averse society has little patience with sailors in peril

10    Letters

12    On the Wind
Sailing gadgetry shines in sharing the thrill with the world

14    Splashes
St. Thomas International Regatta and Charleston Race Week

19    New Nautical Library
A movie about the youngest solo circumnavigator, and books about other adventurers

56    Launchings
New boat: Com-Pac Horizon Day Cat

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

31    Remembering Hobie
Using ingenuity fostered creating iconic surfboards, Alter changed the face of sailing with affordable catamarans that were fast and fun

35    Trailersailing above the treetops
A High Sierra adventure brings trailersailors from near and far for alpine sailing on Huntington Lake and Courtright Reservoir

44    The birth of Frankenscot
A 40-year-old Flying Scot gets a mad-scientist makeover for the Everglades Challenge, a wacky race between a quirky collection of boats along Florida’s coast

51    Flocks of fun
Taking after its namesake in ungainly appearance, the San Francisco Bay Pelican has built a loyal following with its good-natured, easy-to-sail manner


Boats & Gear

22    Technique
Launching with a crane   

24    Gear
Life jackets

27    Boat Doctor
Fixing a flaky bottom

28    Perry on Design
Tattoo 22, Varianta 18, Paine 14

Departments

7    For Openers

8    Full and By
A risk-averse society has little patience with sailors in peril

10    Letters

12    On the Wind
Sailing gadgetry shines in sharing the thrill with the world

14    Splashes
St. Thomas International Regatta and Charleston Race Week

19    New Nautical Library
A movie about the youngest solo circumnavigator, and books about other adventurers

56    Launchings
New boat: Com-Pac Horizon Day Cat

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