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Do you have photos of your pet onboard? We'd love to see them! Send them to sailmail@sailmagazine.com. ...read more

After working in veterinary medicine for more than 30 years in New England, I was well versed on the veterinary conditions pets in our area are exposed to. But what happens when you take your pet on a boat abroad? Many diseases are region-specific, and our pets may not be immune ...read more

Multihulls are famously stable. But the fact that they don’t heel also means their rigs carry higher loads. Unlike a monohull rig, a multihull rig must stand up to gusts and changes in wind direction. With regard to running rigging, most modern catamarans now also sport large ...read more

As sailors, every day we survive school, our jobs, the monthly bills—and some of us may eventually face disease, crippling accidents or some other crisis. Still, nobody wants to obsess about surviving at sea. Nobody wants to spend a fortune on a liferaft or other safety ...read more

The first time I laid eyes on Phoenix, my 1976 Mark II Telstar trimaran, she was being smashed against a concrete harbor wall near my home in Emsworth, England, during a Force 10 storm in January 1990. Declared a total loss by her insurers, the boat was rescued by a keen ...read more

NEEL TRIMARANS NEEL Trimarans is designing and building cruising Trimarans. We offer a new and unique concept in cruising: All the sensations of a monohull with the comfort of a multihull (fine helming, exhilarating performance and generous interior volume on single deck ...read more

September 1 marks the beginning of lobster season in the Grenadines. I’ll never forget that, because it was on September 1 that I ate a most unforgettable lobster. It came out on a massive platter: a half-dozen fire-red crustaceans piled high, served beside mounds of steamed ...read more

From a trainer cat with attitude to a crop of all-carbon, high-performance cruisers, the diversity and quality of the latest new designs from the world’s builders illustrates the strength of the multihull scene. Gunboat 78 The third in the new line of Gunboats designed by Nigel ...read more

Put your shoes on, Captain. And button your shirt.” These were the first words I heard when we stepped ashore at the dinghy dock in Washington, D.C., on the Fourth of July, 2012. It was 104 degrees. It had taken Marlene and me eight days to sail up the Potomac River, just so we ...read more

My eyes open after only one deep droning buzz from my alarm clock. I’m already half awake, my mind focused on a strange noise outside the shabby two-story Myrtle Beach hotel. As I stare at the cracked popcorn ceiling, I realize what it is: the sound of a northwesterly whipping ...read more

“Did you hear that?” asked my husband, Mark. “What?” I looked up from scribbling notes in the logbook. “I think somebody is calling us on the VHF. But it’s in French. And I don’t speak any French, remember?” Mark sounded a bit more annoyed than necessary, but after cruising ...read more

There’s no holding back these multihull designers and builders. New designs are proliferating. Here are just a few of the latest. Aero 48e Long-term energy independence and a minimal carbon footprint were high on the brief given to French designers Martin Defline and ...read more

When cruising sailors talk about crossing the Atlantic Ocean, there are a few things they’re all sure to mention: they ate, they slept, they sailed. But in many ways, the similarities end there, and the individual stories unfold with their own cast of characters, each pledging ...read more

A couple of years ago, in the dying days of a beautiful September in the Florida Panhandle, my friend Doug and I decided to try a tricky weekend sail into a part of St. Andrew Bay, near Panama City, where sailboats never go. The wind and currents here cause strange things to ...read more

You’re trying to decide the best way to rig your new multihull, or you want to replace the original rigging with something more up-to-date. There are a lot of rigging technologies available these days, but are they affordable and cost-effective? We spoke with two pro riggers in ...read more

My eyes open after only one deep droning buzz from my alarm clock. I’m already half awake, my mind focused on a strange noise outside the shabby two-story Myrtle Beach hotel. As I stare at the cracked popcorn ceiling, I realize what it is: the sound of a northwesterly whipping ...read more

When these sailors decided to take on the world, multihulls were their boats of choice. We talked to them about moving aboard, living on board and experiencing fascinating things along the way Freedom and Adventure Ann and Alec Waring Port of Origin: Auckland, New Zealand ...read more

Tucked away down a narrow alley in the picturesque town of Ashburton, on the edge of Dartmoor National Park in England, is a tiny building called the Tenter loft, a relic from the ancient wool industry when cloth was stretched on tenterhooks. It’s now the quirky office of ...read more

Like most things in life, when it comes to exercising on a sailboat, where there’s a will, there’s a way. Sure, there are countless excuses you can make, the most obvious of which is the lack of space, but the flip side of that argument is that sailors are already living in ...read more

We’dcruised all the way from the Chesapeake to South Florida and couldn’t wait to show our Miami friends our new 36ft PDQ catamaran, Neshamah. Professional interior designers and long-time friends Pat and Barbara stepped aboard as we poured the wine and lit the candles for an ...read more

Fuelled by a spectacular America’s Cup match, multihull design continues to heat up One of the most eagerly anticipated boats of 2014, the new Gunboat G4 looks nothing short of spectacular. If you thought the Nigel Irens-designed 55- and 60-foot Gunboats introduced in 2013 ...read more

Click on the locations below to learn more about them. Then, check out our in-depth directory of charter companies in all locations. The Chesapeake Bay Replete with rich boating history Close to home; affordable flights Numerous and varied spots for gunkholing 2. The Abacos ...read more

Cruising multihulls lose a lot of their pizzazz when your destination is downwind, unless you add some additional area aloft  Modern cruising catamarans make it easy to head off into the wild blue. Whether it’s a daysail to Discovery Island for a Pacific-coast picnic or a ...read more

Picolé comes from Europe to Cape Town in a container, and my sailing partner, Beto Pandiani, and I arrive by plane. Back in 2008, Beto and I sailed an open sport catamaran from Spain to Australia in search of adventure and in the hopes of promoting clean energy. Now, we’re on a ...read more