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Blue Water Sailing 0BWS’s Annual Fall Boat Show Preview
New Cruising Boats: monohulls and multihulls (published September 2018) Every year as we prepare our annual ... -
Featured News 0Beneteau Launches Fall Season: Showcases New Boats
BWS just spent two lovely days sailing new boats on Narraganset Bay. Group Beneteau launched their ... -
Cruising News 0Maverick’s Atlantic Adventure Last Blog
Landfall in Cowes after 3,100 Miles from Newport The sun was just rising as we closed ...
CRUISING NEWS
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Cyclones in French Polynesia
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 ... -
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The Maiden Voyage
Hong Kong to the Philippines in the ongoing saga of the new Kraken 66 White Dragon‘s maiden voyage from China to Gibraltar (published March 2018) ... -
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Circumnavigating Denmark in Six Weeks
With a changing cast of crew, the skipper of Skylark, sails up the North Sea from Holland to Sweden, down the Baltic Sea to Germany ... -
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Cruising the Windward Islands
From Antigua south to Grenada, the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles offer near-perfect cruising without the crowds (published June/July 2018) The islands of the ... -
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Maverick’s Atlantic Adventure Last Blog
Landfall in Cowes after 3,100 Miles from Newport The sun was just rising as we closed in on the Needles, those chalky, wave-worn cliffs that ... -
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Maverick’s North Atlantic Adventure: Blog 6
1255 Miles to Landfall: Gray Days, Spicy Curry, Easy Boat Handling and Whale Sighting Thursday morning started early with a fully overcast sky and fog ...
CHARTERING
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Blue Water Sailing 0Owning a Boat in a Charter Fleet
BWS caught up with multihull experts Steven and Estelle Cockroft, who run the website www.catamaranguru.com, to ... -
Blue Water Sailing 0Sailing Phuket and Discovering Thailand
An adventurous couple delves into all that Phuket and Phang Nga Bay offer travelers and cruising ... -
Chartering 0Sailing to the Extreme
Five offshore adventures that will build your blue water skills and may change your life (published ... -
Blue Water Sailing 0Chartering Around the World
You can experience the best cruising grounds the world has to offer, one week at a ... -
Blue Water Sailing 0Sailing Schools Will Make You An Old Salt
Learning to sail is one of life’s great rewards and choosing the right school and the ... -
Chartering 0Paradise Found
A charter in French Polynesia’s Isles Sous les Vents offers wonderful sailing, beautiful anchorages and amazing ...
BOAT REVIEWS
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BWS’s Annual Fall Boat Show Preview
New Cruising Boats: monohulls and multihulls (published September 2018) Every year as we prepare our annual boat show preview of new cruising boats we are ... -
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The Rebirth of Island Packet
(published April 2018) Over the weekend of March 16 and 17, something happened that many sailing industry veterans had hoped for but never quite believed ... -
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2018 Miami Sailboat Show Preview
For the last decade or more, the sailboat section of the big Miami boat show, called Strictly Sail Miami, has been held at Bayside at ... -
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Moody Deck Saloon 54
The new Bill Dixon design is a proper yacht that a couple could easily sail around the world (published March 2018) It was a beautiful ... -
Boat Reviews 0
Elan GT5
Built in Slovenia, this new 40-foot Rob Humphries design brings the real meaning of “Gran Tourismo” to the yachting world (published January/February 2018) It was ... -
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X Yachts X4 from Denmark
This thoroughly modern new design is a perfect dual-purpose boat for families who love to both race and cruise (published August 2017) The term racer-cruiser ...
GEAR
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Blue Water Sailing 0Navigation Systems for Cruisers
After a lightning strike, we had to replace all of our electronics-it was an eye opening ... -
Columns & Blogs 0Stay in Touch
“Stay in Touch!” It’s a common enough term, but one that takes on many places and ... -
Cruising News 0Solar Survival
Bright ideas to keep you going in any situation (published Nov/Dec 2017) Watching the drama unfold ... -
Cruising News 0Essential Upgrades to an Offshore Cruising Boat
Preparation is the key to happy, safe cruising in a well fitted out cruising boat (published ... -
Cruising News 0Ten Years After
What Worked, What Didn’t (published October 2017) After 10 years of cruising, we aren’t going home ... -
Columns & Blogs 0What’s In Your Ditch Bag?
(published October 2017) Imagine that your worst nightmare has come true; a catastrophic equipment failure, irreparable ...
SEAMANSHIP
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Cyclones in French Polynesia
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 ... -
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Francois Gabart: Superman
The handsome, mild mannered Frenchman, did the impossible when he knocked six days off the solo round the world record (published March 2018) Imagine yourself ... -
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Fire
It’s a cry that is so alarming that it’s against the law to falsely scream that word in a movie theater. It’s no less alarming ... -
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Navigation Systems for Cruisers
After a lightning strike, we had to replace all of our electronics-it was an eye opening task (published January/February 2018) A couple of years ago ... -
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Bahama Bound or Bust
A hurried finish to a refit, a new captain and mate, an owner who wanted his catamaran out of New England in late November and ... -
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Lessons and Tales From the Cockpit
Gaining experience and learning from the experts while enjoying a 850-mile sail aboard Mahina Tiare III (a photo essay) (published November/December 2017) The first of ...
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