Etienne Giroior, the founder of the rigging and sailing equipment company ATN, came up with a solution: the Gale Sail. His ...

For the foreseeable future, most American sailing cruisers will be running their boats on diesel engines and fossil fuel. That’s just the common-sense fact. For seasonal sailing cruisers, we can go 10 ...

Of particular inertest is the new Tartan 455, a pilot-house sloop that redefines the company’s position as a creator of modern, performance cruising boats. Tartan builds seven models from 24 to 53 ...

Slovenian builder Elan Yacht recently introduced an all-new, high-tech J & J Elan 65 which is the first design in their new luxury line of performance cruising sloop. The move took the sailing ...

With the Dusseldorf boat show called “boot Dusseldorf” set to open at the end of the month, all eyes are turning to the new designs that will be introduced there. Dutch builder Contest will not ...

Before reading on, please take a moment to fill out this week’s survey so we can share your knowledge and experiences with the Cruising Compass family. Thanks. When you make offshore runs of more than ...

Last year was terrible for American boat building. The industry was already on life support, particularly the sailing side of the market. So, last spring, when experienced boat builder Michael Reardon ...

After a week at sea from São Miguel, the last of the Azores behind us, we were feeling pretty good about our near thousand-mile passage to Spain. During our last night before reaching Gibraltar, our ...

Sometimes refining a well proven design reaps better results than starting with a blank sheet of paper since the designers and builders can learn from and improve on an already successful model. Such ...

Before reading on, please take a moment to fill out this week’s survey so we can share your knowledge and experiences with the Cruising Compass family. Thanks. Thanks to everyone who took the time to ...

In an unusual confluence of events, the skies over the eastern half of North America and the Caribbean are definitely looking hazier than usual and the sun has turned a strange pale orange. The huge ...

As every cruiser knows, dragging anchor is, well, a drag, particularly if you are off the boat exploring a new landfall. Well, now, there’s an app for that. At the end of May, the New Zealand firm ...