Following the circumnavigation, Pusser’s Rum became the focus of his life and many a sailor has tipped back a tot or two of ...

Jeanneau has a way of building popular models that just keep going on and on with new buyers showing up long past the model’s intended end date. That happened with the Sun Odyssey 452, one of which I ...

There is a plethora of choices when it comes to sails for offshore passagemaking but as always there is the struggle between how many sails to […] Blue Water Sailing is now in its 22nd year of ...

Thanks to everyone who took the time to fill out last week’s survey on gelcoat blisters. Of those who replied, 56% have had ...

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 ...

When compared to other tropical cruising paradises, French Polynesia is the least likely to suffer hurricanes or cyclones (published March 2018) After the devastating 2017 hurricane season in the ...

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 ...

With America’s largest in-the-water sailboat show starting today, we are pleased to offer a quick look at 10 of the new cruising boats that will debut there. The show, which takes over the Annapolis ...

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 ...