It is always news in the cruising community when Swedish builder Hallberg-Rassy introduces a new model. The brand has a ...

In last week’s Cruising Compass, we ran a video made by Skip Novak on his techniques for heaving to. ... Here’s an inspirational story about an intrepid British that proves the human spirit can ...

The following account was written by veteran cruiser Sheldon Stuchell based on reports from the two crew aboard the cruising boat Escape and official Coast Guard reports. While the incident and the ...

For a change of pace, spend a winter cruising from Florida to the Western Caribbean and back. Here’s how (published May 2018) For U.S. east coast cruisers looking to extend their cruising experience ...

A guide to stocking up, storing food and eating well underway (published May 2015) Provisioning a cruising sailboat can seem like a daunting task. Trying to predict where you will be able to restock ...

It is not the size of your boat that matters, it is the size of your dreams (published June 2018) Today’s cruising fleet is made up of boats that are much larger than they were only just a decade ago.

The Danish designed and built trimaran combines comfortable cruising accommodations with exciting sailing performance (published fall 2017) In early June, we had the opportunity to cruise on a ...

Outbound 46 Revisited Going strong after 15 years, this venerable passagemaker still might be the perfect couples blue water cruiser by Andrew Cross After being dropped ashore by dinghy, I paused on ...

The new Dufour 41 that was introduced at the Cannes boat show last September has been voted European Family Cruiser of the Year for 2024 by the panel of yachting journalists who tested a wide variety ...

Here’s a great article by David Burch from Starpath Navigation on how to calculate the true wind and why it matters to sailors… There are several ways to define the wind. For weather work at sea we ...

It’s 2:00 AM. You’re 200 nm Offshore and Your Floorboards Are Floating! For years while on long distance passage, others on the crew and I […] Blue Water Sailing is now in its 22nd year of publication ...

Southerly Yachts has long been a true design and build innovator in the shoal-draft, drop-keel category of blue water cruisers. Yet, the company has ben through a few rocky patches and differetnj ...