This week we heard from a student at the University of Washington regarding a scientific experiment involving a sea glider ...

The guide was edited for the CCA by veteran cruiser William Strassberg, MD who is intimately familiar with high latitude sailing in the. Atlantic. He was aided by Dick Stevenson who sailed the route ...

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 ...

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. Have you ever left your boat in the ...

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 ...

This winter, our friend Ronna Benjamin who is the wife of the Salty Dawg Sailing Association’s president Michael Benjamin, ate ashore at a good restaurant in the USVI, where they were cruising, and ...

The sailing world lost one of its most popular and visionary members on March 31, 2025 when Garry Hoyt passed away at the age of 93 in his home in Newport, Rhode Island. Hoyt, who had been an ...

In March, yacht designers Stephens Waring, based in Belfast, Maine, celebrated the launch of their latest creation, the 68-foot sloop . Cirrus. The custom sloop was designed for an experienced ...

Here’s a look at a cruising destination that most of us will never sail to but is fun to read about. Kenya lies on Africa’s east coast and faces the Indian Ocean. It has a rugged coastline with many ...