2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (184+ words) It’s hard to say exactly how many models of Jeanneau sailboats I’ve tested or sailed over the years, but we’re definitely talking double-digit numbers. After all, with the introductions of their Sun Odyssey 415 and 455, the brand is now on its…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (481+ words) John Pierce Rousmaniere, who survived the 1979 Fastnet Race storm, wrote about it with unflinching clarity, and spent the rest of his life trying to make sure no sailor would ever have to live through something like it again, died on…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1367+ words) But the market can swamp those same couples before they ever leave the dock. Prices range from sensible to obscene, build quality from bulletproof to aspirational, And the used inventory has never been thicker with temptation. What follows is not…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (318+ words) We’ll get to that technology and the construction details shortly. But what I’ll remember most was the first H word that came to mind after testing the cat, a 2026 Boat of the Year nominee, on Chesapeake Bay last fall: holy…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (781+ words) Cruising World Magazine All-Ocean Access: Beneteau Oceanis 47 Review The French boatbuilding conglomerate Groupe Beneteau has been in business well over a century, and has morphed from a family-run producer of modest fishing boats to a marine-industry colossus with several sailboat…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (456+ words) Cruising World Magazine 95-foot Ouzel Tops 13 Knots on Penobscot Bay Trials Several days of sailing trials on Penobscot Bay have validated the design of SY Ouzel, a 95-foot contemporary classic superyacht built at Rockport Marine in Maine. Under a deliberately…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1041+ words) The island administrator on San Salvador looked at the gaunt Belgian standing on her dock and asked the only question that mattered. Not about the record. Not about the boat. “What do you want to eat?” “A pizza,” said Quentin…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (491+ words) In January 2022, we set the jib and the main wing-on-wing about 5 nautical miles west of Cape Verde. We didn’t change the sail plan for 13 days. We had it all: an Allures 45.9 bluewater boat, steady trade winds blowing 15 to 18 knots on…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (931+ words) My first boat was a good old J/24, and there were several reasons I loved it. Most of all, it sailed so well that it was an ideal performance cruiser, at least the way I used it back in my…...