At the Annapolis sailboat show last week, Beneteau introduced two new models to their Oceanis line, the 47 and 52. The new ...

I am lucky enough to have had the chance to do a fair amount of blue water cruising, and along the way have sailed with some really great sailors and seamen and women. Even after 100,000 miles, you ...

The annual Annapolis Sailboat Shows gets underway this morning, Thursday October 9, and promises to be America’s largest all-sail, in-the-water show in many years. Even better, there are 27 new ...

Before reading on, please take a moment to fill out this week’s survey so we can share your knowledge and experiences with the Cruising Compass family. Thanks. Thanks to everyone who took the time to ...

Sometimes refining a well proven design reaps better results than starting with a blank sheet of paper since the designers and builders can learn from and improve on an already successful model. Such ...

A friend of ours who has had a successful corporate law career filled with stressful schedules and conflicts that needed resolving once told me that he found the first 48 hours at sea aboard his new ...

One of the dramatic side effects of the North Atlantic Ocean’s rapid warming, aside from stronger and more frequent hurricanes, is the huge increase in the annual Sargasso bloom from the Cape Verde ...

48° 53’ N, 123° 23’ W (published March 2014) Sometimes the best anchorages are unexpected ones. The weather had been perfect for our cruise in Desolation […] Blue Water Sailing is now in its 22nd year ...

On Tuesday of this week, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it was restricting travel to Cuba for American citizens and specifically mentioned that it was prohibiting travel ...

Here’s another great set of tips from our friend Capt. John from skippertips.com… Not many things cause as much tension underway as low visibility. Pea-soup fog, blinding squall, ...

David Thompson felt the smack of a wave and found himself hanging by a tether off the back of his sailboat in the Atlantic Ocean, the northern coast ...