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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.

The Weight

ARE YOU OUT THERE SAILING, CRUISING AND LIVING THE SAILING LIFE?

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Golden Hour

Perspective Shift • At the Banderas Bay Regatta, the term cruiser/racer is quite

Rite of Passage • Reflecting on a pivotal Pacific passage, a sailor considers the nature of her voyages ahead.

Interlux Pre-Kote Plus and Toplac Plus

The Circle, Unbroken • Growing up sailing a Shannon 38 with his family, a sailor and his dream boat are reunited after 27 years.

Almost Home • A final night of a Bermuda passage is marked by fog, breeze, and a restless imagination.

Hurricane Season 2025 Outlook • NOAA predicts up to 19 named storms in the Atlantic basin this season, with three to five becoming major hurricanes.

Sustainable Boatbuilding Update • Groupe Beneteau teams with industry partners to get closer to a circular economy in boatbuilding.

Cruising Tips

Dragonfly 36 • Distilled from a 57-year passion for fast, stable sailing, this performance cruising trimaran is refined into one beautiful, fierce machine.

Windelo 54 Yachting • A striking new flagship combines performance with comfort and leaves a cleaner wake to boot.

Women Wayfinders • POLYNESIAN WOMEN ARE PRACTICING THE ANCIENT ART OF TRADITIONAL NAVIGATION AND INSPIRING SEAFARING COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GLOBE TO DO THE SAME.

All Wood, All Good • As the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival approaches its half-century mark, a look at past, present, and future of this Pacific Northwest classic.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat • ROWING DINGHIES PROVIDE EXERCISE, CONNECTION WITH THE WATER, AND CAMARADERIE — AND THEY ALWAYS START ON THE FIRST PULL.

On The Hard • BUILDING THEIR OWN 44-FOOT CATAMARAN FROM THE PLANS UP, MATT AND JESSICA JOHNSON EMBRACE THE CRUISING LIFE FROM A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.

Flying the Kite • Spinnakers are too fun—and useful—to not take full advantage of, even when sailing shorthanded.

The AI Boogie Man • Is artificial intelligence coming for our sailing jobs?

Occam's Razor