Flying a spinnaker shorthanded — whether with your partner across the Atlantic or solo on a coastal hop — is one of those pieces of seamanship that has two versions.
Refrigeration is the single biggest DC load on most liveaboard cruising sailboats, and getting it right is the difference between an electrical system that hums along in the
The rig is the one system on a bluewater boat that almost never fails politely. A bilge pump dies quietly; a rig failure tends to arrive in a
In less than three weeks, the F50 catamarans of SailGP will tear across the Great Sound for the 2026 Bermuda Sail Grand Prix on May 9–10. This
Antigua Sailing Week opens in just a few days, and the run-up has felt unusually busy even by English Harbour's standards. Between the return of the
When Raymarine pulled the wraps off the Axiom 2 at the 2026 electronics trade circuit, the announcement felt less like a product launch and more like a quiet
The marine diesel engine is the bluewater cruiser's most reliable failure point. Reliable in the sense that it almost never fails for mechanical reasons; failure point
Every bluewater sailor eventually meets the storm they planned to avoid. The forecast was wrong, the front intensified, the routing software missed something. When that happens, the difference
Choosing the right anchor for your bluewater cruiser is the kind of decision that gets argued about at every yacht club bar from Annapolis to Auckland. The anchor
The Ocean Race Atlantic 2026 marks a meaningful shift in offshore racing's evolution. Set to start September 2, 2026, in New York and finish in Barcelona
Raymarine has finally cut the cord on autopilot remotes with the new RCU-1, a wireless control unit for the Evolution autopilot range scheduled for Q2 2026 release. At
The fifth edition of the Antigua Bermuda Race kicks off on April 29, 2026, sending a competitive fleet of bluewater sailors on a 935-nautical-mile sprint from Falmouth Harbour,
