A passage to Sweden

A learn-to-sail offshore charter through the Baltic Sea more than made up for a canceled transatlantic

Ever since I caught the offshore sailing bug some 15 years ago, I’ve aspired to sail across the North Atlantic. Plenty of people have done it, many of them multiple times. I bet, as I write, there�

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2019 June 1 - 12:00 am

A cruiser gets schooled

A big-boat cruising sailor heads to St. Thomas and the North U clinic to learn the racing ropes

By Karl Westman

The forecast was for 83 degrees with a 12-knot wind. The water was a stunning aqua blue off the St. Thomas Yacht Club on Cowpet Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands, the site of North U’s midwinter racing clini

Swan 51

Carrying on the tradition of Nautor Swan, this cruiser takes a modern twist
Sun Odyssey 350

This cruiser has plenty of options for comfortable family cruising
Nautitech Open 48

A svelte cruising cat that has performance front and center

A learn-to-sail offshore charter through the Baltic Sea more than made up for a canceled transatlantic

A big-boat cruising sailor heads to St. Thomas and the North U clinic to learn the racing ropes

Perry on Design

Carrying on the tradition of Nautor Swan, this cruiser takes a modern twist

This cruiser has plenty of options for comfortable family cruising

A svelte cruising cat that has performance front and center

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