For months I had been following reports of orca attacks on sailboats along the Iberian coast—rudders broken clean off, ...

The company’s new PWAI is PredictWind’s proprietary AI-powered model that was developed in-house by an AI expert. In Beta ...

We’ve celebrated the holiday aboard our boat in Sea Island, Georgia, South Island, New Zealand, Phuket, Thailand, Larnaca, Cyprus, and Palma, Mallorca – there after a beautiful Christmas eve at the 12 ...

On an eastward crossing of the North Atlantic solo sailor Trevor Robertson dodged Hurricane Bertha and encountered Cristobal in his gaff cutter Iron Bark. Then on the way ...

BWS takes a look back at some of the famous, notable and most influential small boat cruies of all time…and many are Americans (published July 2014) You could say that the modern age of shorthanded ...

Provisioning a cruising sailboat can seem like a daunting task. Trying to predict where you will be able to restock after leaving a major port can be stressful. Having to plan what you and the crew ...

The new Oceanis 30.1 is the little sister to all of the boats in the Oceanis line but in particular it is most closely related to the 46.1 and 40.1. All three bear a strong next-generation family ...

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 ...

When compared to other tropical cruising paradises, French Polynesia is the least likely to suffer hurricanes or cyclones (published March 2018) After the devastating 2017 hurricane season in the ...

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Enjoying freshly baked bread on board does not have to be a luxury, nor does it require a trip ashore. In fact baking bread on board doesn’t even require an oven (published August 2016) I recently had ...