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Off Watch: Sailors' Bookshelf
Cruising World - Herb McCormick
Whether crossing an ocean, lying on a beach or curled up beside a fire on a cold winter night, for almost any sailor there’s nothing better than a …
Sailing
Boat Review: Dufour 360 Grand Large
Cruising World - By Mark Pillsbury
Dufour Yachts introduced its new 360 Grand Large model to CW’s Boat of the Year team last fall as a coastal cruiser intended for a couple or perhaps a …
Sailing
Cabin Upgrade
Cruising World - Roger Hughes
The portside cabin on Britannia, my 1977 Down East brigantine schooner, was an odd layout, which I could only flatteringly call a “traditional” …
Sailing
Canal Cruising, Canadian Style
Cruising World - By Mark Pillsbury
To an already long list of life’s imponderables, an absolutely remarkable week floating about on Ontario’s Rideau Canal brought me to this: Is 5 mph …
Sailing
Weather Routing Software for Sailors
Cruising World - David Schmidt
While sailors successfully cruised the world’s oceans long before weather-routing technology, today’s offerings can shave passage times while also …
Sailing
Weather Routing Software for Sailors
Cruising World - David Schmidt
While sailors successfully cruised the world’s oceans long before weather-routing technology, today’s offerings can shave passage times while also …
Sailing
Sailing Cuba's Jardines de la Reina
Cruising World - By Bill Barton
It was early May in New England, filled with sunshine and the promise of budding flowers and green leaves, and my 36-foot sloop, Tazzarin, was ready …
Sailing
On Watch: Using a Weather Router
Cruising World - By Cap'n Fatty Goodlander
Coming out from under the lee of Tongatapu, Tonga, we were rail-down despite flying only our small trysail and tiny storm staysail. The wind was …
Sailing
March 2019 Chartering Update
Cruising World - Elaine Lembo
Sail Patagonian Fjords Cumberland Face Patagonia offers new-model sailboats for ecotourism charters through the fjords and channels of Chilean …
Sailing
Cruising Club of America’s 2018 Award Winners
Cruising World
On March 1, 2019, the Cruising Club of America presented the international organization’s prestigious awards, including the new Young Voyager Award, …
Sailing
Boat Review: Tartan 395
Cruising World - By Herb McCormick
There are certain matters in life that are just sure things, where you go in realizing that professionals are involved and you’re in good hands. You …
Sailing
2019 Annapolis Safety at Sea Seminar
Cruising World - By The Editors
On Saturday, March 30th and Sunday, March 31st, 2019 the Marine Trades Association of Maryland and Navy Sailing will present the 40th annual …
Sailing
Cruising Albania
Cruising World - By Zachary Krochina
Albania Port Authority, this is sailing vessel Champagne requesting permission to enter harbor.” Radio silence. This was now our fourth time trying to …
Recipes
People and Food: Chicken Cioppino
Cruising World - Lorraine Morecraft
One thing all cruising cooks learn as they go is this: Flexibility is called for, especially when required ingredients are not always available. …
Sailing
Sail a Little, Raise a Lot
Cruising World - By Mark Pillsbury
Here at CW, we hear all sorts of reasons why people go sailing, but I think I like Tracy Howard’s the best. Last year, racing in Columbia Yacht Club’s …
Sailing
Learning to Sail
Cruising World - By Jon Whittle
Lightning lashed the ground somewhere over the mainland of the Florida peninsula, signaling that our day on the water was rapidly coming to an end. …
Sailing
Charter Update From the Miami International Boat Show
Cruising World - By Jen Brett
During press events at the Miami International Boat Show, The Moorings, MarineMax Vacations and Dream Yacht Charter announced new destinations for …
Sailing
What's New in Marine Electronics for 2019
Cruising World - By David Schmidt
Leave it to marine-electronics manufacturers to come up with some very good reasons for sailors to leave their couches, marina slips, ski condos or …
Sailing
Time to Reef the Sails
Cruising World - Ralph Naranjo
When the rail is submerged and the angle of heel exceeds the crew’s inclination for comfort, you’re either in a race or you’re well past the time to …
Cruising World Writers Score Big
Cruising World - By Jen Brett
At their annual meeting during the Miami International Boat Show, Boating Writers International announced the winners of the Best Boating Journalism …
Sailing
Sailing Home, Eventually
Cruising World - By Webb Chiles
January 2017 found me in Durban, South Africa — off which runs one of the world’s great ocean currents, the Agulhas — preparing Gannet, my Moore 24, …
Sailing
A New Engine for an Old Boat
Cruising World - Andrew Burton
The 30 hp Yanmar 3HM30 diesel engine had given good service since my C&C 40 cruiser/racer, Peregrine, was built 36 years ago, and though it still …
Where to Anchor
Cruising World - By Ben Zartman
When sailors get together, they like to talk. And one of the topics closest to most cruisers’ hearts — the one that seems to get most worn out in …
Conducting of Circumnavigation
Cruising World - By Jim Carrier
There were times, in the immensity of the Indian Ocean, when David Pollitt would look out from his boat and see around him a great symphony. Alone …
Sailing
Family Cruising in Alaska
Cruising World - By Andy Cross
Seated comfortably in the cockpit on my second watch of the night, I set my book down on the cushion next to me to check the spinnaker and mainsail, …
Casting Off Concerns
Cruising World - By Lin Pardey
Why is this so difficult?” I keep asking myself as I go over the latest list. “I’ve done this literally dozens of times before.” Autumn is winding …
Sailing
Casting Off Concerns
Cruising World - By Lin Pardey
Why is this so difficult?” I keep asking myself as I go over the latest list. “I’ve done this literally dozens of times before.” Autumn is winding …
Good Times and Smooth Sailing While Crossing the Atlantic
Cruising World - By Michelle Davies
From the top of Galeb’s 50-foot mast I could see 9 miles to the horizon. With the Canaries 1,400 miles behind and Barbados 1,400 miles ahead of our …
Sailing
Replacing the Roller Furler
Cruising World - Mark Pillsbury
When we bought our used Sabre 34, Jackalope, some years ago, I didn’t pay much attention to the roller furler, except to note that it had one. Our …
On Watch: Self-Steering for Sailboats
Cruising World - By Cap'n Fatty Goodlander
Immediately after completing a 38-day passage from Cape Town, South Africa, to St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, I raced on a lovely yawl named …