This week we heard from our friends and associates at the Cruising Club of America regarding their current research project on yacht to yacht recues at sea, ie. cruising or racing sailors who are ...

Last year, it inspired us to sail across the North Atlantic Ocean aboard our sloop Windrush to our new jobs in Rome. Along ...

With the war underway in the Middle East and the likely unfavorable conditions for a Red Sea transit this spring, the migrating cruising fleet in Asia has started to alter plans. Some, as we reported ...

Before reading on, please take a moment to fill out this week’s survey so we can share your knowledge and experiences with the Cruising Compass family. Thanks. Thanks to everyone who reokied to last ...

Before reading on, please take a moment to fill out this week’s survey so we can share your knowledge and experiences with the Cruising Compass family. Thanks. Thanks to everyone who sent in replies ...

After a week at sea from São Miguel, the last of the Azores behind us, we were feeling pretty good about our near thousand-mile passage to Spain. During our last night before reaching Gibraltar, our ...

Following the purchase of Catalina and True North Yachts earlier this year by boat building entrepreneur Michael Reardon, the sailing community wondered where the new owner and his team would lead the ...

Many thanks to everyone who took the time to reply to last week’s survey on air conditioning. Of those who replied 64% have ...

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 ...

The sailing world lost one of its most popular and visionary members on March 31, 2025 when Garry Hoyt passed away at the age of 93 in his home in Newport, Rhode Island. Hoyt, who had been an ...

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 ...

It is always instructive to read cruising notes from veteran offshore sailors who know the cruising game well and know the landfall they are writing about from a host of first-hand experiences. Such ...