2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1520+ words) The Chuck Paine design is one of 83 vessels (six of them American) taking part in the 2, 700-mile rally to Grenada, with a stopover in Cape Verde. The direct ARC, which sails to St. Lucia, would depart two weeks later. It's…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (406+ words) Thirty-six boats slipped their lines in Sint Maarten on May 9, pointing north into 13 to 15 knots of west-southwesterly breeze for the first leg of ARC Europe 2026. By the time the fleet reaches Lagos, Portugal, in late June, those aboard will have…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (437+ words) Cruising World Magazine EP Carry Launches Gen2 Electric Outboard Every sailor who has wrestled a heavy, fuel-stinking outboard over a pitching transom in a harbor chop knows the appeal of a better solution. EP Carry's new Gen2 electric outboard won't fix the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1510+ words) The passage had started in Uruguay and taken us 5, 000 nautical miles, along the entire coast of Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana. We then sailed along the coasts of Venezuela and Trinidad, through Galleon's Pass, and entered the Gulf of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (390+ words) At the pre-race presser, event chairman Lee Goddard summed it up succinctly: "It's going to be cold, wet and bumpy. People will get seasick." He was prescient. Before all was said and done, of the 138 starters, 35 would retire, the majority…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (895+ words) Before leaving, I discovered that sailors tend to fall into two camps: those who love Maine and consider it among the most beautiful cruising grounds they've ever sailed, and those who say they'll never go back, presumably because they had…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (331+ words) I grabbed a jib sheet (actually a bad idea because, well, it's meant for the jib) and tied up the wheel. Being 6, I didn't actually know how to tie a knot yet, so I ended up just making a huge…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (887+ words) Over the summer, I sailed aboard a 66-footer in three long-distance races: the Block Island Race (186 miles), the Annapolis to Newport Race (473 miles) and the Marblehead to Halifax Race (361) miles. All three races were long enough that a watch system…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (244+ words) Eighty-two multihulls. Twenty-seven European nations represented. Debuts from Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, China, Tunisia, and beyond. When the International Multihull Show wrapped its 2026 edition in La Grande Motte, France, on April 26, it left little doubt that the catamaran and trimaran market…...

1+ mon, 8+ hour ago  (595+ words) This is what it's like to cross an ocean," I said. The words hung in the salty air. With the wind at 15 knots just forward of the beam, we sailed under a reefed main and full jib, feeling Rocinante rise…...