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2022 March 1

Hunting for sailing treasure

Navigate swaps, sales and even the trash to find boat bits to help outfit on a budget

By Marissa Neely
In a single-use society, it can be tough to find products that last forever, especially when you live on the ocean. Salt has its way of creeping into everything, furthering decay as it reclaims the ob
2022 March 1

A rip-roaring good time

A return to Key West

By Erin L. Schanen
Key West racing is back. And this time it’s a little different.Spaceman Spiff, which finished third in the class, cruises downwind.Walter Cooper photoFor 30 years, Key West Race Week was a mecca for
2022 January 1

Welcome aboard

Woman sailors are joining professional men-only racing teams after organizations such SailGP, the Ocean Race and the America’s Cup force the change with new rules

By Craig Ligibel
The SailGP women racing as part of the organization’s pathway program get ready to sail in Cádiz, Spain, from left to right, Nina Curtis, Andrea Emone, Liv Mackay, Katja Salskov-Iversen, Hannah Mil
2022 January 1

Saved from the scrap heap

After falling off its jackstands, a J/105 gets repaired and retrofitted by a new owner

By David Liscio
During a fierce winter storm that plowed across New England in March 2018, the J/105 Eclipse tumbled off its jackstands at the Jubilee Yacht Club in Beverly, Massachusetts. Not unlike Humpty Dumpty’
2021 September 1

Sailing's Promise

Bluewater sailor John Kretschmer reflects on savoring the best parts of sailing, even when they aren’t great

By John Kretschmer
The forecast wasn’t good, but it wasn’t terrible either. We were bottled up in the Gulf of Maine and the fresh south-southwest winds of summer made the prospect of sailing to Bermuda a likely slog
2021 September 1

The Best Sailing Innovations

We asked notable sailors to share their picks for the gear innovations that have made the biggest impact on sailing

By SAILING Magazine
Retractable bowsprits and A-sails By Jeff Johnstone, J/Boats presidentBowsprits (and the flying jibs attached to them) have been around for hundreds of years. In the days when mast height w
2021 July 1

Pedal to the Medal

The US Sailing Olympic team heads to Tokyo looking to win gold

By David Liscio
It’s been five years since the U.S. Olympic sailing team left Brazil with single medal, Caleb Paine’s bronze in the Finn class. It was a disappointing result for the once dominant team, which was
2021 July 1

Viva Ensenada

The race down the West Coast from Newport Beach, California, to Ensenada, Mexico, has drawn racers for 75 years with fun and challenging sailing

By Betsy Senescu
After being sidelined during the long pandemic pause, the annual Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race in late April marked our long-awaited return to sailboat racing. We scrambled to make our boat race read
2021 June 1

Where Waka and Wild Meet

New Zealand’s America’s Cup success is rooted in a rich maritime tradition still celebrated today

By Craig Ligibel
When Emirates Team New Zealand flew across the finish line in March, successfully defending the America’s Cup, it came as no surprise to  New Zealand artist John Ioane, who has a unique perspec
2021 June 1

Passage to nowhere

With exotic landfalls out of the question, John Kretschmer discovered a new way to do sail-training passages: make seafall instead

By John Kretschmer
Close your eyes. You can hear the waves washing along the hull and feel the raw power as Quetzal sails into the heart of the Caribbean Sea on a sweet close reach. She rides the building easterly swell
2021 April 1

Sailing the American Riviera

A backyard charter off Santa Barbara, California, is the perfect ‘coastal distancing’ cruise

By Betsy Senescu
The afternoon sail had been brisk, slicing through the cobalt sea with a string of verdant islands to our south and dramatically rising mountains to the north. After heading back to our slip, we fresh
2021 April 1

Charter with Abandon

Packing a ditch bag when you charter provides peace of mind for this happy group of sailors

By Betsy Senescu
We didn’t see the lone water bottle floating in the choppy seas as we departed Gallowsbay Harbor on the Caribbean island of St. Eustatius. Even if we had, we might not have realized it was attached
2021 April 1

Top 10 Places to get back into the charter groove

Charter cruisers have been tied to the dock for the last year, but with travel restrictions easing as the pandemic wanes, the time is now to book your next charter. Charter companies are getting ready for a record season, with many experiencing a boom in

By SAILING Magazine
No. 10 Lake SuperiorThe deep blue waters of Lake Superior are best sailing in the summer months once the lake has warmed. There are miles of unspoiled wilderness to sail. Leaving from Bayfield, Wiscon
2021 April 1

Busman's Holiday

A chartering pro visits the British Virgin Islands to get a firsthand look at how to navigate pandemic protocols. And it turns out it’s pretty easy.

By Erin L. Schanen
The rugged beauty of The Baths is a popular BVI spot.When chartering is your job, sometimes you have to take one for the team. Such is the life of Josie Tucci, who is the vice president of sales and m
2021 March 1

The Danger of Deferred Maintenance

Fixing little problems at fitting out time can prevent dangerous and expensive issue laters

By SAILING Magazine
Yacht surveyors have an interesting perspective on boat maintenance. They see what happens when a boat isn’t given the care it needs often leading to damage that requires expensive repair  and
2021 February 9

No Magic Touch

In the most extreme Cup ever sailed, a promising American challenge flops as a small fleet pushes the limits of technology

By Erin L. Schanen
It was a scene that looked more like a futuristic movie than one from a sailing racecourse. Patriot, the New York Yacht Club’s AC75 challenging for the America’s Cup, bucked out of Auckland’s Ha
2021 January 1

Young Again

Fresh out of college, a young couple found the boat they didn’t know they were looking for and set about on a major refit

By Marissa Neely
When my husband Chris and I found Avocet, a 1979 Cheoy Lee 41, she was a sturdy, well-loved boat in need of the kind of care any nearly 40-year-old boat would require. Truth be told, it was not love a
2021 January 1

Paradise Bound, Sanctuary Found

At first this liveboard couple feared the isolation of a pandemic lockdown, and then they embraced a new way of life and found the cruising lifestyle they dreamed of

By Joshua Shankle
Hundreds of miles from anything resembling a western city, in the lagoon of an uninhabited atoll in the South Pacific, our floating home, Agape, sat quietly in crystal clear turquoise water. As the re
2020 December 1

Cruising to Smuggler's Cove

Just 16 miles from San Diego, Mexico’s Coronado Islands are a perfect spot for a staycation cruise

By Betsy Senescu
Exotic destinations will always have their allure, but 2020 has been the year of the staycation. For landlubbers, it meant camping in the backyard, but for sailors it became the perfect excuse to beco
2020 November 1

Wizards of Wood

Experts in cold-molded boatbuilding, Van Dam Custom Yachts launches its latest creation, the 44-foot Italmas on Michigan’s Lake Charlevoix

By Chelsea Batten
On a perfect summer day, the 44-foot Italmas sailed across Northern Michigan’s Lake Charlevoix with a bone in her teeth. At first glance, she might be mistaken for a classic from another century wit
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