As of midday on Wednesday, 255 of the more than 285 boats that entered this year’s race had sailed under the Mackinac bridge, rounded the iconic Round Island lighthouse to finish at the famous resort ...

Florida builder Island Packet Yachts, one of only a few sailboat builders in North America, recently added a new 42-foot ...

Soon, the designated MOB spotter lost sight of Pryce in the building waves so Colpaert summoned the other racing boats in the area to join the search. But, it would be an hour before one of the other ...

Included in the big federal funding bill recently passed by congress and signed by the president is a whopping $25 billion investment in the Coast Guard’s future. It is the single largest funding ...

Part 2: After a boisterous delivery from Pensacola to Key West, the author and two pals set off in his Catalina 31 with an organized rally […] Blue Water Sailing is now in its 22nd year of publication ...

During the great multihull surge in popularity over the last 20 years, the French Builder Foiuntaine Pajot has grown by leaps and bounds and has continued to innovate new ways to provide family ...

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The Dutch builder KM Yacht Builders has been building aluminum explorer-style sailing vessels since 1998 and recently announced the launch of a new Van de Stadt-designed 56-foot Stadtship named Flow.

On July 1, the new Port Authorities (Amendment) Bill, which was passed by the Bahamian parliament earlier this year, went into effect and drastically increases the fees visiting cruisers will have to ...

The Department of Defense unexpectedly decided in June that it’s Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, which has been sharing vital weather data with scientists for 40 years, will stop ...