Predict Wind is the leading weather forecasting and routing software in the recreational boating market and is particularly favored by offshore sailors –racers and cruisers—for its wide range of ...

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 ...

Moving onto a cruising boat with your partner for the first time is a big departure from life ashore. You tend to be together ...

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 ...

This is something every offshore skipper has contemplated. Losing the rudder far from land is often a reason to abandon ship. But, in some cases in which the boat is not leaking and you have a ...

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 cruising to foreign countries, do ...

Here’s a recent news blast that will be of interest to the worldwide cruising community. Famed marine tech wizard, author and cruising sailor Nigel Calder has decided to build a new Oubound 44. The ...

With this issue of Cruising Compass we celebrate our 1,000 th issue. We launched the newsletter in August 2001, 24 years ago and since then we have published and emailed new content every week, except ...

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 ...

Here’an announcement from the British foul-weather gear firm Henri-Lloyd that will be of interest to all offshore sailors. Foul weather gear is an essential part of any offshore sailor’s sea bag and ...

For the last three years I have lived on Sila, a Boréal 47, with my family. My parents wrote a while ago about living with kids on a ...

What shoreline knows not our maps? Most of them, it turns out. While satellites map much of the globe on a daily basis, there are parts of the ...