In 2025, the French Wauquiez Yachts is celebrating its 60 th anniversary and marking the event with the introduction of one ...

There are times when anchor buoys are wise: such as reports that an anchorage is littered with debris from industry, shipping or old moorings etc. And we all have likely heard a description of how an ...

It turns out the fish Ronna ordered was a carrying ciguatera and she came down with a fairly serious case of this reef-fish-borne disease. The symptoms are terrible stomach maladies, respiratory ...

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 or traveling, do you ...

Many thanks to everyone who took the time to fill out last week’s survey on using tele-medicine services while cruising. Of ...

As designer Bob Stephens recounts, the design process for Cirrus began in 2017 with the owner’s. intention to build a modern, ...

It is not often that we put the words “couple’s performance cruiser” in the same headline as the words “67- foot ultimate.” That’s big boat for a couple. But, therein lies the story of the new Pegasus ...

A good set of binoculars is considered by most experienced skippers to be essential boat gear. And, many will ensure they have two sets aboard, often with different characteristics for different ...

This picture of Beavertail Light, Jamestown, Rhode Island was taken by Carol Conner who lives and cruises out of Connecticut. As she emailed, “The light awaits all the summer cruisers and racers ...

Many of us who have dedicated chart plotters on our boats or multifunction displays (MFDs), also have charting and routing apps on out phones and tablets that we can take home with us and use ashore.

Having sailing something like 60,000 miles with my good and patient wife, Rosa, aboard our Mason 43 Clover and our Jeanneau 452 Limin, we can look back at how our roles evolved over the years. At ...