In this flood of confidence, Fountaine Pajor has stepped forward with two stylish new cruising cats, the 41 and 44, and has also announced that the French builder will introduce three all-new designs ...

Here’s a follow up to a news story that made headlines around the world four years ago. The mystery is still unsolved.

The Lagoon 380 was one of the most popular cruising cats ever built. For several years the company tried to end the build run ...

French sailboat builder Beneteau is introducing the eighth generation of the Oceanis Line of performance cruising boats at ...

With the annual Fall Salty Dawg Rally to the Caribbean and Bahamas approaching, the last count we saw of the fleet had the number of boats above 80 and growing. The starts from Newport, Rhode Island ...

Last week’s survey on water makers, see the results below, prompted regular contributor Dick Stevenson to reflect on his long experience with desalination aboard a cruising boat. Dick and his wife ...

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. Many thanks to everyone who took the ...

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 ...

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.

We’re soon going to be in the spring and early summer migration and offshore event season and so our thoughts turn to the gear we’ll need to be safe out there. We’ll need the foul weather gear for the ...