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Editorial content covers the total sailing experience, featuring articles on coastal and blue-water cruising, trailer-sailing, racing, multihulls and monohulls, daysailing, one-design racing, and much more.

Love Me, Love My Boat

SAILING SCENE • Feedback from the SAIL community

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A Jib and Jigger Day

Continuing Education • Harken University is where the pros go when they want to up their knowledge.

Tuning Up • Musical instruments onboard are terrific but protecting them properly is key.

A Steadfast Bond • More than a bluewater cruiser, his Cape Dory 36 has been a healer and fulfiller of dreams.

CRUISING TIPS

Hybrid and Working • One innovative event has turned multihull racing into everyone’s cup of tea.

Raymarine Alpha Series

Hallberg-Rassy 40C • Known for handling the heavy stuff, the new Hallberg-Rassy turns out to be lovely in light air, too.

Beneteau Oceanis 37.1 • The successor to the 38.1 delivers easily managed, spirited sailing and all the comforts.

IN GOOD ORDER • A CLEAR CHECKLIST DRIVING A LOGICAL ORDER OF OPERATIONS MAKES FOR SMART SPRING COMMISSIONING.

STORMY AND FRANCIS • Gales, calms, porridge, and stars — a sail to Spain with Francis Chichester, rookie racer.

DESTINATION NOWHERE • WOULD A BRIEF PASSAGE TO NO PARTICULAR PLACE SOOTHE THIS LANDBOUND SAILOR’S PELAGIC SOUL?

THE HIDDEN GIFT • Dangling at the edge of the Society Islands and daunting to navigate, Maupiha’a is a far-flung cruising gem.

Shorthanded Sailing: The Case for Simplicity • Efficient sail management is the key to shorthanded sailing. Keeping it simple is one strategy.

Runaway Diesel • Their trusty, if idiosyncratic, diesel had always gotten the job done until one morning, when it took off.

Trust Your Gut • What information do you turn to when cruising in new-to-you waters?

The Value of Mentorship