SOLO THROUGH THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE.

TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR SAILBOAT.

WHAT’S NEW IN ELECTRONICS...

A GOOD BIT OF EVERYTHING
Cruising in Costa Rica is an incredibly diverse experience filled with beauty,
wonder and relaxation.
By Hilary Thomson

TOTEM’S 40-YEAR REFIT
What started as an engine replacement turned into long-envisioned upgrades for
virtually every part of our boat.
By Behan Gif ford

MULTIPLE CHOICE
Is a multihull right for you? Veteran catamaran sailors (and monohull converts) provide intel to help you make the right decision.
By Theresa Nicholson

THREE HOPS TO PANAMA
With our hearts set on Pacifi c voyaging, we headed out from Massachusetts, planning just two stops on the way to Panama.
By Tom Linskey

MAKING WAVES
Hot NEW TRENDS in SAILBOATS, NAVIGATION and GEAR

GAME-CHANGERS
How modern trends in boatbuilding, onboard systems and technology have redefined the sport of cruising.
By Andrew Parkinson, Amy Alton and Ed Sherman

MAKING THE TURN
After a lifetime of racing, a husband-and-wife team is learning the basics of cruising to sail around the world.
By Kim Kavin

TWO FOR THE BLUE
In ideal conditions on Chesapeake Bay, a taut fleet of 17 contestants vied for top honors in Cruising World’s 2023 Boat of the Year competition.
By Herb McCormick

THE AIR UP THERE
“Sailing in Greenland is not what I thought it would be. It’s even better.”
By Ben Zartman

LEAVING MY COMFORT ZONE
“At 78, I decided that I wasn’t going to let my age get in the way of making memories of a lifetime with my son.”
By Michael Pschorr

THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
World-class photographer Tor Johnson attempts a shakedown cruise across the Atlantic.
By Tor Johnson

DOWN AND OUT ON ISLAND TIME
A cruiser’s rapidly advancing infection leads to a sudden change of plans in the Bahamas.
By Tim Murphy

Maine tradition
Classic Yachts Chase Adventure Down East.

A FAMILY MATTER
When 16-year-old Cal Currier decided to sail solo across the Atlantic, he enlisted the support of not only his tight-knit clan, but also some helpful mariners along the way.
By Herb McCormick

LOWCOUNTRY CRUISING
A catboat rally in the heart of the South proves that competitive spirit and Southern charm can be one and the same.
By Gary Jobson

FRENCH POLYNESIA
Wind patterns and seasonal shifts play a major role in planning west-to-east passages between the island groups.
By Birgit Hackl

RACY HOLIDAYS
Watching a day of spirited competition at the Antigua Sailing Week regatta adds a dash of spice to a charter vacation in the heart of the Leeward Islands.
By Mark Pillsbury

CRUISING GAMBIA
A cruise up the Gambia River in western Africa is a lesson in many things, including the meaning of equality within community.
By Kia Koropp

WAY-COOL CATS - The newest performance-cruising catamarans are light and quick—and have a history, culture and presence all their own.

FINDING BALANCE - The evolution of the Balance 482 is about walking the line between cruising comforts and extraordinarily satisfying sailing.

X MARKS THE SPOT : Sailing from Washington state to the Bahamas in search of the ultimate
destination—or maybe just the right state of mind.
By David Kilmer

THE YEAR OF THE PUPPY: Cleared out of tourists because of COVID, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines became a playground for our kids.
By Kia Koropp.

Exhaust System Upkeep Lesson No. 1: Keep that water out. Monthly Maintenance by Steve D’Antonio

A Classic Reborn: “How We Repurposed our Hallberg-Rassy Monsun for the Long Haul”.

WELL, HELLO, OLD FRIEND
Australia’s east coast once again proves a playground—sometimes a rough one—aboard the Contessa 25 Skyebird. 
By Kevin Green

HOSTS WITH THE MOST
With backgrounds in hospitality, a cruising couple relishes having guests aboard, and they know the perfect place to take them.
By David Kilmer

FROM OFFSHORE RACER TO PERFORMANCE CRUISER
A pair of Pacific Northwest sailors has big plans for the Open 60 that started life as the legendary Mike Plant’s Duracell.
By Janneke Petersen

THE CHRISTMAS CRUISE
A Maine family reunites for a four-week Christmas getaway and sailboat delivery through the heart of the Caribbean, from Antigua down-island to Martinique.
By David H. Lyman

FRIENDS IN LOWCOUNTRY PLACES
Old pals join the captain and mate of a new Fountaine Pajot charter boat in Charleston for a cruise through the Sea Islands on an impromptu luxury sailing vacation.
By David Kilmer

KEEPIN’ HIS MO WORKING
A second attempt proves successful for a Bay Area sailor and adventurer, who’s determined to sail a fi gure-eight course around the Americas and Antarctica.
By Randall Reeves

Going Up
Climb the rig with a block and tackle and a sturdy harness.
by Andy Cross

CARIBBEAN GEMS
A couple of seasoned sailors compare notes and come up with eight anchorages that you just have to visit on any southbound cruise through the islands.
By David H. Lyman

Rigged Right
A determined DIYer experiments with soft shackles and lashings.  
by Ben Zartman

REGATTA IN PARADISE
Each fall, South Pacifi c cruisers gather in Fiji for the notorious regatta hosted by the Musket Cove Yacht Club. Let the party begin! 
By Ronnie Simpson

THE BOAT THAT FITS
Six couples explain just how they chose the boat they did before setting off on their sailing sabbaticals.
By Behan Gifford

SPECIAL REPORT: THE AWAKENING
As the pandemic wanes and people begin traveling again, the global sailing vacation industry is slowly returning to life.
By Herb McCormick

BOOKENDS
A sailing life is bracketed on either end by two fi ne boats—one sail, the other power—conceived of and built by the same designer.
By William Storandt

FREE BIRDS
A growing family living aboard an Open 40 raceboat-turned-cruiser can fi nally stretch their wings when they move aboard a big bluewater trimaran and set sail.
By Somira Sao

MAGIC OF MADAGASCAR
On the back half of a circumnavigation aboard their Fountaine Pajot Helia, a couple stops to explore the attractions of this Indian Ocean island nation.
By Amy Alton

Protecting the Dream
Recent losses make insuring your boat a challenge.
by Jennifer Brett

A MAINE ALTERNATIVE
As the unknowns of a second pandemic summer approach, a Down East sailor charts a getaway to the remote islands, bays and coves that lie in the heart of Penobscot Bay.
By David H. Lyman

BEARS AND BAD WEATHER
Three generations of sailors explore the inland waters of the Pacifi c Northwest and take a southbound venture along the wild west coast of Vancouver Island.
By Tor Johnson

CRUISING THE AVIAN ARCTIC
A couple sails to Alaska in search of wildlife. Who knew it would be the birds that would blow them away.
By Ellen Massey Leonard

SAILING FOR SURVIVAL - High school friends—one a Navy rescue swimmer, the other a writer—mount a mission to round Cape Horn and bring attention to veterans.

APOSTLE ISLAND BLISS - Unable to return to their boat in the South Pacific, a couple finds terrific sailing on a charter vacation much closer to home.

IN THE WAKE OF CAPT. MORGAN
Sailing eastward through the Panama Canal to explore the western Caribbean, a couple finds themselves following in the footsteps of one its more infamous pirates.
By Suzy Carmody

WINTERING ABOARD IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
A family of six in the British Virgin Islands ditches their plans for a circumnavigation and instead crosses the Atlantic to winter over in Oban, where they really want to be. 
By Maggie Hirt

THE OUTLOOK FOR CRUISING 2021
With travel regulations evolving worldwide in step with the COVID-19 pandemic, sailors assess their options and change tacks accordingly.
By Behan Gifford

BILLY PILGRIM’S PROGRESS
A pair of adventurers readies their new-to-them Passport 40 for bluewater voyaging, but first they have to fi x the leaks.
By Lesley Davison and Tim Murphy

THE CALENDAR STRUCK AGAIN
Family obligations and weather conspire to make for a long slog northward along the Tasmanian coast.
By Lin Pardey

MAROONED IN PARADISE
Anchored in Tropical Roatan by the global pandemic, a cruising couple goes from beach bars and potluck parties to locked-down living. 
By Amy Flannery

THE COVID CHRONICLES
Five cruisers report on where they were and what they did when the novel coronavirus sent the world into a tailspin.
Compiled and edited by Herb McCormick

LIVE SMALL, GO LARGE
With their tent and gear packed away in their tidy little yawl, a Maine couple finds a simple and comfortable way to explore the island-strewn bays Down East.
By Bill Mayer

SHOCK AND AWE
On a wild and windy day of multihull racing round St. Maarten, all was going perfectly on a big, powered-up trimaran. And then it wasn’t.
By Herb McCormick

THE FINISH IS JUST THE START
When the participants in the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers make landfall in St. Lucia after a couple of weeks or more at sea, a whole new adventure is about to begin.
By Jennifer Brett

HOME IS WHERE THE BOAT IS
Poised to jump off across the Pacific a second time, a circumnavigator recounts her family’s long and winding journey to the cruising life.
By Behan Gifford

EVOLUTION BY DESIGN
After a three-decade hiatus, a seasoned sailor and marine writer experience a Rip Van Winkle-moment upon returning to the US Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland.
By Dan Spurr

A TOUGH LITTLE LOOP
A sailor finds you can go quite a distance and still keep it local on a spring sail around the Delmarva Peninsula.
By Stephen Blakely

ARCTIC DREAMS
An intrepid young skipper and scientist have an ambitious plan to conduct climate research at the ends of the earth. But first they need to fix up their “free” boat.
By Angus Phillips

MAINE, BY CHANCE
A summer cruising Penobscot Bay has it all: sweet sailing breezes, exciting classicboat regattas, abundant islands and lobster pots aplenty.
By Mark Pillsbury

DRAGGING TO FREEDOM
An incident in the anchorage at Isla Mujeres, Mexico, leads a pair of young cruisers to a serendipitous friendship.
By Jordan Wicht

LESSONS OF THE SIXTH
Fresh from his latest lap around the planet, a veteran circumnavigator shares the highs and lows, and what worked and what didn’t during his journey.
By Webb Chiles

MAIDEN VOYAGE She grew up on her parents’ boat, and now she’s bought and refit one of her own, and is ready to see the world under sail.
By Holly Martin.

SAILING FOR THE FISHING A globe-circling cruising couple heads north and gets hooked on the finer points of casting for salmon in the Alaskan wilderness. By Ellen Massey Leonard.

THE END OF BEING Frustrating calms and hundreds of miles of headwinds mark the final leg of a solo sailor’s sixth circumnavigation.
By Webb Chiles.

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