One of the dramatic side effects of the North Atlantic Ocean’s rapid warming, aside from stronger and more frequent hurricanes, is the huge increase in the annual Sargasso bloom from the Cape Verde ...

In this flood of confidence, Fountaine Pajor has stepped forward with two stylish new cruising cats, the 41 and 44, and has also announced that the French builder will introduce three all-new designs ...

Here’s a follow up to a news story that made headlines around the world four years ago. The mystery is still unsolved.

48° 53’ N, 123° 23’ W (published March 2014) Sometimes the best anchorages are unexpected ones. The weather had been perfect for our cruise in Desolation […] Blue Water Sailing is now in its 22nd year ...

Yachting World compiled these six dramatic heavy weather videos. The third one, clips from the BT Global Challenge round the world race, is especially worth watching, as it ...

BWS takes a look back at some of the famous, notable and most influential small boat cruies of all time…and many are Americans (published July 2014) You could say that the modern age of shorthanded ...

Funny how the beginning and end of a voyage can parallel each other, even when they’re three years and thousands of miles apart (published April 2016) In 2011, when I set off from the U.S. East Coast ...

In early June, we had the opportunity to cruise on a Dragonfly 28 “Touring” in Denmark’s “South Sea”. After a full week of sailing with the entire family over hundreds of miles, varied weather ...

Alternative energy sources used to keep our batteries topped up and our amenities running have long been a hot topic amongst cruisers—with almost everyone staunchly defending their own version of what ...

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The new Oceanis 30.1 is the little sister to all of the boats in the Oceanis line but in particular it is most closely related to the 46.1 and 40.1. All three bear a strong next-generation family ...

Provisioning a cruising sailboat can seem like a daunting task. Trying to predict where you will be able to restock after leaving a major port can be stressful. Having to plan what you and the crew ...