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 ...
On July 9, 2018 / By Blue Water Sailing
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 ...
On July 9, 2018 / By George Day
Newport, RI to Cowes, England: Now 896 miles from Newport, RI, and south of the Grand Banks, this is not the North Atlantic we imaged…are ...
On July 2, 2018 / By George Day
It was 1958 when the Florman family sailed from Florida to Cuba and then Haiti and the Dominican Republic. In Part One, in March BWS, ...
On June 8, 2018 / By Mark Florman
Part One: Looking back at a family cruise that took them straight into the Cuban revolution (published March 2018) Flying fish and flying spray were ...
On May 18, 2018 / By Mark Florman
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 ...
On May 10, 2018 / By George Day
BWS caught up with multihull experts Steven and Estelle Cockroft, who run the website www.catamaranguru.com, to ...
On May 10, 2018 / By Blue Water Sailing
A charter in French Polynesia’s Isles Sous les Vents offers wonderful sailing, beautiful anchorages and amazing ...
On October 27, 2017 / By Bill Biewenga
(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 ...
On June 14, 2018 / By George Day
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 ...
On May 11, 2018 / By Blue Water Sailing
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 ...
On April 19, 2018 / By George Day
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 ...
On January 10, 2018 / By George Day
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 ...
On January 8, 2018 / By Zuzana Prochazka
The new Berret-Racoupeau design is a dream to sail—fast, handy, seaworthy and very comfortable (published January 2018) From the first day that I saw the ...
On December 21, 2017 / By George Day
(published October 2017) Imagine that your worst nightmare has come true; a catastrophic equipment failure, irreparable ...
On February 9, 2018 / By Heather Francis
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 ...
On May 30, 2018 / By Bill Biewenga
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 ...
On May 10, 2018 / By George Day
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 ...
On May 10, 2018 / By Bill Biewenga
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 ...
On April 5, 2018 / By Sandy Parks
The numbers aren’t all in yet, but we already know that one year does not necessarily make a trend (published Nov/Dec 2017) For many, the ...
On March 9, 2018 / By Bill Biewenga
Bright ideas to keep you going in any situation (published Nov/Dec 2017) Watching the drama unfold as hurricane after hurricane battered the Caribbean and Atlantic ...
On March 9, 2018 / By Heather Francis
BLUE WATER SAILING, CRUISING COMPASS & MULTIHULLS QUARTERLY
Blue Water Sailing is now in its 21st year of publication and reaches readers across North America and around the world. The magazine was founded by George and Rosa Day, who spent five years sailing and cruising their Mason 43 ketch on a west-about circumnavigation. Blue Water Sailing was designed to offer great sailing stories and real-world solutions for offshore sailors who need to fit out their cruising boats to meet the rigors of the ocean. In every issue, you will find authoritative articles written by known experts covering everything from sail related gear to the navigator’s table to the art of cruising.
We also publish Multihulls Quarterly magazine for all those who enjoy sailing modern, spacious catamarans and swift, fine sailing trimarans.
And, every week, we publish the e-journal Cruising Compass, which is your weekly fix of cruising news, technical advice, sailing resources and fun events.
Fair winds,
George & Rosa Day
