We set out for Bermuda one lovely Friday in June. The breeze was up, the sun was shining, and I was in a rancid mood. Regular readers may recall my disastrous 2024 Newport Bermuda Race where, about ...

How do you top a design that reigned for nearly a decade and launched 500 hulls? That was Beneteau’s quandary as they contemplated building a successor to the Oceanis 51.1 that initially splashed in ...

It’s been a long time coming, but 2027 is truly the year of the cat. For the first time ever, new catamaran debuts out number new monohulls by nearly two to one, with an incredible 11 of them up for ...

How do you store drinking water for a long passage? How about just a day race around the buoys? What about the strategy for a weekend away? Does it all need to be different? When I bought Ben-Varrey, ...

The HH52 is a head-turner, from the massive, edgy profile to the driver hanging off the transom steering a nearly 30,000lb boat by tiller. A variation on the HH50 concept that’s been designed for ...

While everyone in the multihull market seems to be zigging, Aquila Catamarans has decided to zag. Renowned for their comfortable and spacious powercats, Aquila has entered the sailing market with ...

It was a gray and cold April morning in 2006 when Tim Fallon launched his 28-foot catboat Kathleen. Fallon, a software engineer from Wareham, Massachusetts, was worried about how she would sail. Were ...

In many ways, it was like any other day on the race course. It wasn’t until the afterparty that I really looked around and thought “wow, who knew there were so many of us?” Charlie Enright (left) and ...

You’re surfing the Facebook Marketplace boat classifieds, and one ad catches your attention: “Sunfish Sailboat for sale. 1985 AMF/Alcort in great condition with all the parts ready to sail. No trailer ...

he day after last year’s Annapolis Boat Show, most of our boat tests got canceled. A nor’easter blew in Sunday afternoon, complete with roiling grey skies and lashing October rain. Fortunately, or ...

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of ocean racer Charlie Dalin (1984-2026). Dalin is remembered as one of the most talented sailors of a generation and a man whose grit, talent, and ...