For many years, the standard technique for handling cruising spinnakers has been the ubiquitous and often awkward “sock,” which is a way to deploy and strike a spinnaker in a controlled manner, ...

When Judy and David Blumhorst acquired Cruising Design International, it was meant as their low-stress retirement business. But without proper production management, firefighting became the daily norm ...

Many of the newer cruising sailboats in the 40-ft-and-up sizes are built with double headstays in the bow with one roller furling located behind another. The forward roller-furling stay carries a big ...