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November/December 2024

2024 October 31

Table of contents

Features 


New Boats for 2025

From foilers to flagships, there is a new boat to suit every type of sailor


New Joys, Old Haunts

A sailing family revisits a father’s old stomping grounds to discover new charm in a delightful cruising spot


Gifts for Sailors

SAILING’s editors pick their favorite gift ideas for sailors of all stripes


Boats & Gear 


Perry on Design: Swan 51 and Sun Odyssey 350


Technique: How to mount deck hardware and shipshape organization


Boat Doctor: Switching to LiFePO4 batteries


Gear: Sea boots and deck shoes 

 

Used Boat Notebook: C&C 37/40


Departments


For Openers


Full and By: How technology freed sailors from their safety-at-sea hubris

 

On the Wind: Caswellian rules for boat buying success


Splashes: Big wind for the Big Boat Series


For the Love of a Boat: A boat brought back from the dead created a legacy of craftsmanship


Your Beauty of Sail: Readers’ photos


The Wharf: Brokerage, charters and other sailing related goods and services


On the Cover: Mark Sanders’ 71-foot Charles Nicholson ketch Hurrica races across San Francisco Bay in the Rolex Big Boat Series. Cover picture by  Daniel Forster/Rolex