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Getting in Touch with Reality

As part of my usual in-depth research for this column I decided to ask Google whether sailing was safe. “In fact, it can be deadly,” came the response, “A study from Rhode Island Hospital concluded sailing is more dangerous, and has a higher fatality rate, than skiing and snowboarding combined with NFL football.”

Five Days in the Turnbull Islands

I rowed out of the marina at Blind River, Ontario, and raised the sail just offComb Point. It had been a ten-hour drive from Wisconsin, followed by the usual scramble to launch and load the boat.

The Worst Sailor Still Alive

Upon retirement I decided to learn how to sail, so I bought a little dinghy and taught myself how to efficiently capsize, founder on rocks, and embarrass myself in front of large groups.

SMALL BOAT CRUISE: Tobyhanna Lake by Sunfish

Tobyhanna is a Native American word for “a stream whose banks are fringed with alder.”

PLAN STUDY: Kombi Sail and Paddle Canoe

The first boat I designed was the Beth Sailing Canoe, which, for better or worse, made me a marked man.

Born Again

An 1881 Bowdish sailboat, abandoned in a northern Michigan junkyard, is rescued and restored to museum condition by John Parlin, wooden boat surgeon extraordinaire

AUSTRALIA THE HARD WAY

The David Pyle Interview

Amateur Boatbuilding: What if I Make a Mistake?

Everyone makes mistakes. If we try new things we will make mistakes, an essential part of the learning experience. It’s nice to learn from mistakes of others, but we learn more lessons and they stick better when they are our own. The more painful the mistake, the stronger the lesson learned.

Reader Boat: Precision 165

During my three years of ownership, here are just a few things I’ve observed about my P165. Most of these features have contributed to my joy of sailing this little boat.

Are Power Tools Corrupting Us?

“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” —First Baron Acton, 1904

SPECIAL REPORT

GROW YOUR OWN FOOD ON BOARD, BY ERIN CAREY

RETURN TO 60° SOUTH

OCEAN RACER NICK MOLONEY RETURNED TO THE DEEP SOUTH WITH A MEMORABLE VOYAGE TO ANTARCTICA

SKIP NOVAK

WHEN DOES BEING PREPARED BECOME HOARDING? SKIPPERS SHOULD AVOID THE TEMPTATION OF ‘ JUST IN CASE’

NEW GEAR

RUPERT HOLMES ON INDUCTION COOKING AFLOAT

NAVIGATION BRIEFING

MIKE BROUGHTON ON SAILING IN FOG

SUNK BY A WHALE

A PACIFIC CROSSING BECAME A DRAMATIC MID-OCEAN RESCUE FOR PETER NIELSEN

MATT SHEAHAN

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS AFFECTED THE BOATING INDUSTRY AND THE SPORT OF SAILING IN A BIG WAY. . . BUT IT'S NOT ALL BAD NEWS

CRUISE THE WORLD... WITHOUT A BOAT

ELAINE BUNTING GETS TIPS FROM CREW ON HOW TO HITCH-HIKE YOUR WAY AROUND THE OCEANS, AND FROM SKIPPERS ON HOW TO TAKE ON EXTRA HANDS

DARING TO DREAM

A RECORD FLEET OF 33 SKIPPERS WILL LINE UP IN THIS YEAR’S VENDEE GLOBE. PIP HARE EXPLAINS HOW IT FEELS TO BE ONE OF THEM...

5 EXPERT TIPS - HOW TO HELM AT NIGHT

HENRY BOMBY has raced a lot of miles through the night. He talks to ANDY RICE about how to keep your boat speed up after dark

OFFSHORE BOSS

AFTER AN ENVIABLE PROFESSIONAL SAILING CAREER, EDDIE WARDEN OWEN HAS A RARE PERSPECTIVE ON THE WORLD OF RACING, AS ELAINE BUNTING HEARS

SURFING INTO EL SALVADOR

SUZY CARMODY STUMBLED UPON A SOCIABLE CRUISING COMMUNITY AS SHE EXPLORED EL SALVADOR

ROCK HARD

A VOYAGE ROUND CAPE HORN AND THROUGH THE BEAGLE CHANNEL IS INTERRUPTED BY AN ENCOUNTER WITH A SUBMERGED ROCK

MATT SHEAHAN

THE CLASSIC J CLASS AND THE LATEST SPIRIT 111MAY BE 90 YEARS APART, BUT THEY SHARE A COMMON THEME

SUMMER ON ICE

ANDY SCHELL EXPLORED NEWFOUNDLAND’S RUGGED FJORD COAST ABOARD HIS SWAN 59 ICEBEAR

SPECIAL REPORT

HOW TO CROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN, BY JANNEKE KUYSTERS

SECRETS OF BOAT THE TESTERS

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH YACHT IS RIGHT FOR YOU? WILL BRUTON GETS EXPERT ADVICE FROM SAILORS WHO TEST DRIVE BOATS FOR A LIVING…

Show season curtailed

Sailors wanting to see this season’s new launches and latest equipment will have to contend with reduced shows and private viewings.

NAVIGATION BRIEFING

CHRIS TIBBS ON SAILING FROM CAPE TOWN TO EUROPE

CREATIVE SPIRIT

A TECHNICAL MASTERPIECE OR A PIECE OF ART? THE NEW SPIRIT 111 IS SOMEHOW BOTH, AND IS ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE LARGE YACHTS TOBY HODGES HAS EVER SAILED