June 24, 2025, Hiroshima, Japan — 33-year-old former Army rifleman from Doncaster, England, Craig Wood, has today made history by becoming the world’s first triple amputee to sail solo, non-stop and ...

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

On September 10, 1982, three passengers aboard a light aircraft crashed into the sea off the Canadian Maritimes. They were able to deploy their life raft and they had with them the earliest version an ...

On June 24 th the SDSA will present a free Zoom webinar on the Caribbean Rally presented by Salty Dawg members who have made ...

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In last week’s Cruising Compass, we ran a story about the uses of anchor trip lines and anchor buoys. Here’s a thoughtful take on the sunbect from Dick Stevenson who has many years of cruising ...

It is not often that we put the words “couple’s performance cruiser” in the same headline as the words “67- foot ultimate.” That’s big boat for a couple. But, therein lies the story of the new Pegasus ...

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 ...

For retiring sailors or trawler enthusiasts looking for a bit more speed or fuel efficiency this Nigel Irens designed LDL hull offers liveaboard comfort and 10 knots at just 2.8 gph, or 16 knots at ...

Many of us who have dedicated chart plotters on our boats or multifunction displays (MFDs), also have charting and routing apps on out phones and tablets that we can take home with us and use ashore.

We’re soon going to be in the spring and early summer migration and offshore event season and so our thoughts turn to the gear we’ll need to be safe out there. We’ll need the foul weather gear for the ...

Last week, I had two full days at the United States Sailboat show in Annapolis, MD and got around to see just about all of my […] Blue Water Sailing is now in its 22nd year of publication and reaches ...