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    • Cruising News
      Cruising News
      June 7, 20194

      11th Hour Racing Announces New Grantees for World Oceans Day

      June 5, 20194

      Beneteau Launches New First 53

      June 4, 20194

      Cuba Closed to Cruisers Again

    • Boat Reviews
      Boat Reviews
      June 5, 20194

      Beneteau Launches New First 53

      May 21, 20194

      New Hallberg Rassy 40C Will Be a Modern Cruising Classic

      May 3, 20194

      2019 European Boat of the Year Awards

    • Boat Show Preview
      Boat Show Preview
      February 12, 20194

      boot Dusseldorf Celebrates 50 Years of Being the Greatest (boat) Show on Earth

      September 28, 20184

      Inside the United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis

      September 7, 20184

      BWS’s Annual Fall Boat Show Preview

    • Seamanship
      Seamanship
      June 5, 20194

      What If You See Lightning on the Horizon!?!

      May 21, 20194

      What If Smoke Is Coming from the Forward Stateroom!?!?

      May 14, 20194

      There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Good Tan’

    • Chartering
      Chartering
      May 21, 20194

      In the Wake of the Huricannes: Updates from The Moorings in the BVI

      May 6, 20194

      Antigua Sailing Week Wraps Up the Annual Festival of Sailing, Sun and Fun

      March 12, 20194

      World Sailing Adventures

    • Electronics
      Electronics
      May 21, 20194

      The Simplest, Easiest Man Overboard Locator You Can Buy

      May 10, 20184

      Navigation Systems for Cruisers

      April 5, 20184

      Stay in Touch

    June 7, 2019

    11th Hour Racing Announces New Grantees for World Oceans Day

    June 5, 2019

    Beneteau Launches New First 53

    June 4, 2019

    Cuba Closed to Cruisers Again

    May 21, 2019

    In the Wake of the Huricannes: Updates from The Moorings in the BVI

    May 21, 2019

    New Hallberg Rassy 40C Will Be a Modern Cruising Classic

    May 14, 2019

    There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Good Tan’

    May 6, 2019

    Antigua Sailing Week Wraps Up the Annual Festival of Sailing, Sun and Fun

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    June 6, 2019

    In 1964 Frank Dye Sailed a 16-foot Dinghy Across the North Sea

    The Simplest, Easiest Man Overboard Locator You Can Buy
    How to Paint Your Boat’s Bottom with Antifouling Paint the Right Way
    Dodging The Huge Mozambique Cyclone, Brick House Sails Down the East African Coast
    Exploring Hahine with Gone with the Wynns
    Preparations for a Passage to Zanzibar
    The Crew of Millennial Falcon Explore Grenada’s Seven Sisters Waterfalls
    Inside the Valiant 40 Brick House with Patrick Childress
    Sailing Doodles: They Crashed into Us!
    The Cruising Life in French Polynesia

    Bill Biewenga Offshore

    Bill Biewenga Offshore. Seamanship. June 5, 2019

    What If You See Lightning on the Horizon!?!

    By Blue Water Sailing
    It’s 10:00 PM. You’re 200 nm offshore and the cloud cover has been building all day. Lightning is now a regular occurrence.   For years while on long distance passages, others on the crew and I discussed a wide range of “what if scenarios” while sitting on the rail.  Some

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    Bill Biewenga Offshore. Seamanship. May 21, 2019

    What If Smoke Is Coming from the Forward Stateroom!?!?

    Bill Biewenga Offshore. Seamanship. May 7, 2019

    The Floorboards Are Adrift!

    Boat Reviews

    Boat Reviews. Cruising News. Featured News. June 5, 2019

    Beneteau Launches New First 53

    By Blue Water Sailing
    The First series of racer/cruisers was launched by Beneteau in 1977 and remains today a standard for combining spirited sailing and racing performance with comfortable cruising accommodations. In the flee,t there are designs that remain classics many years after they have gone out of production, including First 38, the First

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    Boat Reviews. Cruising News. May 21, 2019

    New Hallberg Rassy 40C Will Be a Modern Cruising Classic

    By Blue Water Sailing
    The Swedish builder Hallberg Rassy has been building classic, high quality cruising boats for two generations and remains one of Europe’s premier production boat builders. True blue water boats, Hallberg Rassys can be found in all of the world’s best cruising grounds. In May, HR introduced the new German Frers

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    Boat Reviews. Cruising News. Featured News. May 3, 2019

    2019 European Boat of the Year Awards

    Boat Reviews. Cruising News. March 12, 2019

    Pocket Cruisers That Sail Far

    Boat Reviews. March 11, 2019

    Island Packet 349

    Boat Reviews. February 20, 2019

    Excess Catamarans

    Chartering

    Chartering. Cruising News. May 21, 2019

    In the Wake of the Huricannes: Updates from The Moorings in the BVI

    It has been 19 months since Hurricane Irma impacted the British Virgin Islands in September of 2017. The Moorings reopened our Tortola operations just three months after the storm, and since then we have been working tirelessly to restore our flagship marina and fleet. To those of you who have already returned

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    Chartering. Cruising News. Featured News. May 6, 2019

    Antigua Sailing Week Wraps Up the Annual Festival of Sailing, Sun and Fun

    Chartering. Cruising News. March 12, 2019

    World Sailing Adventures

    Chartering. January 29, 2019

    Eight Days Cruising the BVI with Dream Yacht Charters

    Chartering. Sailing Schools. Seamanship. September 25, 2018

    Summer Sailing Vacation Guide

    Seamanship

    Bill Biewenga Offshore. Seamanship. June 5, 2019

    What If You See Lightning on the Horizon!?!

    By Blue Water Sailing
    It’s 10:00 PM. You’re 200 nm offshore and the cloud cover has been building all day. Lightning is now a regular occurrence.   For years while on long distance passages, others on the crew and I discussed a wide range of “what if scenarios” while sitting on the rail.  Some

    READ MORE...

    Bill Biewenga Offshore. Seamanship. May 21, 2019

    What If Smoke Is Coming from the Forward Stateroom!?!?

    By Blue Water Sailing
    For years while on long distance passage, others on the crew and I discussed a wide range of “what if scenarios” while sitting on the rail.  Some had a basis in our respective pasts.  Others were merely hypothetical.  All provided us with some insights and options if and when we

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    Cruising News. Seamanship. May 14, 2019

    There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Good Tan’

    By Bob Osborn
    Faced with a cancer scare, this cruising couple did some scientific analysis on just how well dodgers, biminis, clothing and sunscreens protect us from the sun’s rays  (published February, 2019) So often, when we have met folks on sailing vacations, we watch them spend hours up on the bow, “catching

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    Columns & Blogs

    Columns & Blogs. Cruising News. Seamanship. February 27, 2019

    Beyond the Blowouts

    By Bill Biewenga
    Without warning, the sudden dull pop of the spinnaker exploding shook us to our feet and into action. Thousands of miles to our landfall and with a limited sail inventory for downwind sailing, we needed to pull some rabbits out of hats  (published June/July 2018) It happens. Usually, it’s unexpected.

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    Columns & Blogs. Navigation. Seamanship. February 25, 2019

    Steering By Any Other Means

    Columns & Blogs. Cruising News. September 25, 2018

    Wintering in the Great Land

    Columns & Blogs. Seamanship. May 30, 2018

    Fire

    Columns & Blogs. Maintenance. May 11, 2018

    The Year of the Refit

    Electronics

    Electronics. May 21, 2019

    The Simplest, Easiest Man Overboard Locator You Can Buy

    By Blue Water Sailing
    It is Boating Safety Week so we thought we'd introduce you to one of the coolest, simplest and most affordable man-overboard recovery devices we've ever seen. It is totally modern and uses an app partnered with a smartphone and a wearable beacon that broadcasts a person's position in the water.

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    Blue Water Sailing. Cruising News. Electronics. Gear. Navigation. Seamanship. May 10, 2018

    Navigation Systems for Cruisers

    Columns & Blogs. Electronics. Gear. April 5, 2018

    Stay in Touch

    Electronics. Gear. Navigation. September 20, 2017

    Buzz-Worthy Boat Brains

    Blue Water Sailing. Cruising News. Electronics. Gear. Seamanship. August 18, 2017

    Distress Signaling for Cruisers

    Boat Show Preview

    Boat Show Preview. Cruising News. February 12, 2019

    boot Dusseldorf Celebrates 50 Years of Being the Greatest (boat) Show on Earth

    By Zuzana Prochazka
    Don’t capitalize it and don’t pronounce it like the footwear. It’s “boot” and it simply means “boat” in German. It’s a spectacle that every boater must see at least once in his or her lifetime because whether you like power or sailboats, kayaks or canoes, surf or paddleboards, dive gear

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    Boat Reviews. Boat Show Preview. Events. September 28, 2018

    Inside the United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis

    Blue Water Sailing. Boat Reviews. Boat Show Preview. Featured News. September 7, 2018

    BWS’s Annual Fall Boat Show Preview

    Boat Reviews. Boat Show Preview. May 11, 2018

    2018 Miami Sailboat Show Preview

    Boat Reviews. Boat Show Preview. January 10, 2018

    Elan GT5

    Boat Reviews. Boat Show Preview. August 10, 2017

    September Boat Show Preview 2017

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