4+ hour, 43+ min ago  (931+ words) My first boat was a good old J/24, and there were several reasons I loved it. Most of all, it sailed so well that it was an ideal performance cruiser, at least the way I used it back in my…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (771+ words) Cruising World Magazine Boat Review: Balance 580 Catamaran As the old-school newspapermen used to preach, let's not bury the lead. At a price point generally associated with high-end real estate'just south of a cool $4 million'the Balance 580 catamaran was easily the most…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (389+ words) Cruising World Magazine Knysna Launches 55-Foot Bluewater Catamaran Knysna Yacht Company has announced the Knysna 550, a 55-foot bespoke bluewater catamaran built for extended offshore passages and designed in collaboration with VDS Marine Design. The boat makes its public debut at…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1520+ words) The Chuck Paine design is one of 83 vessels (six of them American) taking part in the 2, 700-mile rally to Grenada, with a stopover in Cape Verde. The direct ARC, which sails to St. Lucia, would depart two weeks later. It's…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (406+ words) Thirty-six boats slipped their lines in Sint Maarten on May 9, pointing north into 13 to 15 knots of west-southwesterly breeze for the first leg of ARC Europe 2026. By the time the fleet reaches Lagos, Portugal, in late June, those aboard will have…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (437+ words) Cruising World Magazine EP Carry Launches Gen2 Electric Outboard Every sailor who has wrestled a heavy, fuel-stinking outboard over a pitching transom in a harbor chop knows the appeal of a better solution. EP Carry's new Gen2 electric outboard won't fix the…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (244+ words) Eighty-two multihulls. Twenty-seven European nations represented. Debuts from Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, China, Tunisia, and beyond. When the International Multihull Show wrapped its 2026 edition in La Grande Motte, France, on April 26, it left little doubt that the catamaran and trimaran market…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (757+ words) My husband, Jamie, texted me from the shipyard: "You need to come see the galley." He's an occasional texter at best, so I felt nervous. "Need?" I hustled from our rental casita to the Cabrales boatyard in Puerto Pe'asco, Mexico,…...

3+ mon, 5+ hour ago  (241+ words) Standing beneath the turn of a hull with a 10. 32-meter beam, the sheer physical scale of the project becomes the primary narrative. The shadows cast by a 22. 53-meter length overall suggest a vessel designed to command its own weather system....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (196+ words) For a long time, running a sailboat meant making peace with a real trade-off. Furuno's navigation Multi Function Display (MFD) technology has historically been out of reach for smaller-boat owners, with the flagship TZtouch XL units sized for larger cruisers…...