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 ...

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 Seaward 32RK was designed and for years built by Floridian Nick Hake. The design is now part of the Island Packet company which builds the Island Packet line of cruising boats as well as the Blue ...

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 ...

Here’s the first part in a two part series on life rafts: Nationally known safety-at-sea expert Chuck Hawley gives us a comprehensive guide on life rafts, their equipment and care… Life rafts are ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The idea behind building The World’s Best Ocean-Cruising Trimarans came from the team that has built more than 1,500 production trimarans globally. The world-acclaimed Morrelli & Melvin was then ...

Blue Water Sailing is now in its 22nd 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 ...