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Have you noticed our new expanded boat-review format? If not, take a look on page 90. Every month for the past three months, we've selected a boat we felt was […]

Goooood morning, ABACOS! Welcome to the CRUISERS' net!" Whoa, it's Patty. We hurry to turn the volume down on the VHF as she begins transmitting, always vociferously at 8:30 a.m., […]

"At Cruising World, we must look at boats and assess their ability to take people long distances in possibly difficult conditions," said Jeremy McGeary, our new boat-review editor. "Most boats […]

A sailing enthusiast recounts her experience in tracing the source of water leaks and repairing them in her newly-acquired motorboat called Ruby. The source was wet garbage under one of the sail track screws and was only located after taking off all the deck hardware., We noticed the damp starboard liner before we bought the Quickstep 24 from our friend, Rip, a couple of years ago. He pointed to a hairline crack on deck directly [...]

A letter arrived here a few years ago from Alvah Simon, who, with his wife, Diana, had just come home to regroup after a 13-year journey around the world's thornier [...]

A married couple's preparations for going on a weekend cruise on their boat named 'Ruby' are narrated. Her husband, who is a psychoanalyst, gets busy buying loads of new gear for the boat. His vigilance prompts him to prepare for any crisis that may occur during their weekend trip., Spring finds Douglas and me in the midst of a mating ritual repeated by count less sailing couples around the country as we make endless pilgrimages between chandleries and boatyard, [...]

Dangers, discomfort and being away from loved ones are minor considerations to motorboat skippers who earn so much money in joining competitions such as the Whitbread Round The World Race. Silk Cut skipper Lawrie Smith, for instance, expects to earn as much as $1.5 million for 1998 alone., On September 21, off the south coast of England, the gun fired to start leg one of the epic Whitbread Round The World Race. Ten ultralight Whitbread 60s, reportedly able [...]

A boating accident involving the 35-ft boat 'Ankh' piloted by retired engineer Richard Miller is narrated. Miller died after the boat collided with the containership 'Able Forest.', A local tragedy brings the harsh reminder that no matter how experienced we are, the sea conspires against our best laid plans. Last May, engineer Richard Miller, 68, of Saunderstown, [...]

Subaru Takahashi of Japan, age 14, recently became the youngest known person to cross the Pacific alone. On Sep 29, 1996 Brian Caldwell, 20-year-old, completed a 16-mo circumnavigation feat. A 17-year-old Australian is on the final leg of such a journey. Some wonder if youths should be allowed to do this., Today, September 29, is an unusual day in the annals of sailing. American Brian 'BJ' Caldwell, 20, has just closed the circle on an impressive 16-month circumnavigation. He is now [...]