With this issue of Cruising Compass we celebrate our 1,000 th issue. We launched the newsletter in August 2001, 24 years ago and since then we have published and emailed new content every week, except ...

That’s what happened to British skipper Peter Rutter, who is a former commodore o the Royal Ocean Racing Club, while delivering his 43-foot sloop from England to Malta in the Mediterranean. Two ...

Here’s a recent news blast that will be of interest to the worldwide cruising community. Famed marine tech wizard, author and ...

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Florida builder Island Packet Yachts, one of only a few sailboat builders in North America, recently added a new 42-foot motor sailer to their fleet. Designed by IPY founder Bob Johnson and the IPY ...

Here’s an intriguing new aluminum voyaging boat from the builders of Pure Yachts in Kiel, Germany. Called the Pure 42, this new raised salon-design has twin rudders, a protected sail drive and a ...

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On April 30, Daedalus Yachts founder Michael Reardon announced that he and his company had acquired Catalina Yachts and its sister company True North. The announcement signals both a major shift in ...

You read that right. The new MODX 70 has twin, side by side inflatable wing sails that deflate into park avenue style booms when furled. There are no fixed masts. With a press of a button the ...

This week we heard from a student at the University of Washington regarding a scientific experiment involving a seaglider that has gone astray. She is looking for help from members of the cruising ...

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 ...

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 ...