A Beginner’s Guide to Sailing Maine
Lobster pots, fog and rocky anchorages sound terrifying, until a first-timer learns the system and slows everything down.
Expert advice and insightful tips for boat owners to navigate their ownership experience, maintain their vessels, and cruise with confidence and knowledge.
Lobster pots, fog and rocky anchorages sound terrifying, until a first-timer learns the system and slows everything down.
Technical guru Steve D’Antonio covers the most common life raft mistakes, from misrigged painters to expired parts.
Four hours on, four hours off is the classic model, but the best watch system is the one your crew can actually sustain.
From drifting anchorless overnight to dragging toward a buddy boat at 1 a.m., the blunders that made me better at sailing.
Seacock inspection and service are important to ensure that any boat is ready to go cruising. Here’s how to do it right.
RiteAire Marine expands its whole-vessel dehumidification line with the new RAM 30 system designed for midsize cruising boats.
Pro tips and practical maintenance strategies to keep your boat’s engine healthy between haul-outs and offshore sailing.
These simple upgrades and smart tips can keep freshwater and waste components running smoothly while cruising.
After falling through a rotted galley sole, the crew of Totem finds a durable, eco-friendly solution in glue-down cork.
Smart strategies to find the right help, stay on schedule, and ensure quality results—wherever you cruise.
The trick to installing a basic digital navigation network is to start with only the basics and to get the most important features.
Poultice corrosion can lead to costly repairs if it’s not caught and remedied quickly. Here’s how the pros do it.
When an unusual weather system plummeted air temps from balmy to bitter, this crew turned to cold-season comfort food.
After gathering mussels off California’s Channel Islands, one cruising couple shares their go-to curry dish from the galley.
Crunchy, nutritious, and long-lasting, cabbage is a galley go-to for sailors provisioning for offshore or coastal cruising adventures.
Too hot to cook down below? This easy grilled pizza hit the spot after a long, sweaty day of boatwork in the Mexican sun.
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West Coast Multihulls offers sailing charters and sailing instruction aboard a fleet of modern cruising catamarans.
A cruiser shares lessons from replacing worn Dacron with modern sails and explains how new technology can improve cruising.
From roller furlers to square-top mains, today’s trimarans offer big speed and smart sailhandling for coastal cruisers.
Trapped water can make stainless steel vulnerable. Learn how to prevent crevice corrosion before it leads to failure.
DIY repairs can get you farther than you realize if you suffer a tear in a place where there is no sailmaker.
Check out electric motors, repurposed sails and reef-safe sunscreens, and reduce single-use plastics on board.
While the Totem crew saw plenty of natural beauty during their circumnavigation, unfortunately they saw environmental devastation as well.
Amid stories about the declining state of the ocean, a sailor finds inspiration while sailing marine protected areas on a passage between Maine and Bermuda.
At Wake Island, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is exploring the deep into better understand what lies below the surface.
A son reflects on a century of life, a lifetime of ocean miles, and a father who led by letting you figure it out.
Leaving your boat unattended for months demands careful preparation, and a willingness to accept what you can’t control.
An analog astronaut crew sails a 43-year-old gaff schooner 1,200 miles to SpaceX’s Starbase, to prove the sea is a viable training ground for Mars.
Legend Gary Jobson shares how to combine modern apps, traditional barometers, and cloud patterns for safer coastal sailing.