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Editorial content covers the total sailing experience, featuring articles on coastal and blue-water cruising, trailer-sailing, racing, multihulls and monohulls, daysailing, one-design racing, and much more.

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SAILING SCENE • Feedback from the SAIL community

Fastnet Force 50

Learning and Earning • Anticipation and adaptation are keys to good seamanship. Put them together, and the results look easy.

Facing the Freakout • Joining a club racing crew helped defeat decades of fear after a terrifying capsize.

A Slip Over The Side • Making a getaway from a suddenly exposed anchorage almost ends in disaster.

Cruising Tips

Eight Bells: Bill Pinkney

Windward Passage • A Maxi Yacht in Her Sixth Decade

Into the Wild • Unique in ocean racing, the Clipper Race gives amateur sailors a chance to test their mettle and push their boundaries.

Gobius Pro Tank Sensors

Bloxygen Finish Preserver

Oyster 495 • With an eye toward its past in boats under 50 feet, Oyster delivers a new design that puts bluewater sensibilities first in every detail.

Tartan 455 • Tartan’s new model is an intriguing hybrid that sails like a witch and offers true powerboat perks.

The Gift of Giving • ENOUGH WITH THE STUFF. HERE’S A GUIDE TO GIVING THE GIFT OF SAILING EXPERIENCES INSTEAD.

Wintry Mix • GOT THE OFF-SEASON BLUES? HERE ARE EIGHT BOAT PROJECTS TO KEEP YOU GOING TILL SPRING.

Should I Stay or Should I Go • STYMIED BY WEIRD WEATHER, SAILORS IN THE CARIBBEAN SALTY DAWG RALLY WRESTLED MANY ELEMENTS IN DECIDING WHEN TO SET SAIL.

Weather Window: Predicting Thunderstorm Winds • Some thunderstorms pack a windy wallop, others don’t. Here’s how to better expect what’s coming.

A Forward-Thinking Revamp • Changing a forward cabin’s layout leads to better anchoring and better sleeping.

The Pressure Cooker • Keeping the peace can be a tall order on a small ship.

Captain Gwen Whitney • A midwestern girl finds her place at sea as the captain of a 60-foot yacht.