Cruising World

Cruising World is your passport for exploring the world’s coastlines and oceans while voyaging under sail. Its contributors inspire and entertain through stories, pictures and videos that underscore the beauty and adventure of sailing, while providing instruction on the disciplines of seamanship, navigation and boat handling. The Cruising World community is made up of experienced, committed sailors and boat owners. No matter their long-range sailing plans, Cruising World’s mission is to nurture their dreams with practical how-to information and stirring real-life adventure features.

Editor’s Log • “Improbably, it’s been Matt Rutherford’s Single-Handed Sailing podcast that has kept things going. Rutherford talks—about anything and everything—and people donate.”

Cruising World

TICKET TO PARADISE • NEWS and NOTES from the CRUISING COMMUNITY

PASSAGE Notes

BATTLE-TESTED

GERMÁN FRERS AND ARGENTINA’S GOLDEN ERA OF YACHTBUILDING

GATEKEEPERS OF THE WATERWAY

NEW NAME, NEW HORIZONS

ABOARD OR ASHORE

A PERFECT COLD-WEATHER MEAL

Freaky Tiki’s SCHOOL of SEAMANSHIP • “In my 62 years of living aboard and offshore sailing, I’ve either been a kid or had a kid aboard the vast majority of the time.”

CRUISING Camaraderie in the CARIBBEAN • “The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers shares some lighthearted fun after making landfall in Grenada for the first time.”

HOSTS WITH THE MOST • INVITING YOUR FRIENDS TO COME CRUISING? HOPING TO HOST LIKE PROS WITHOUT LOSING YOUR MIND? THIS SEASONED CREW FROM THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR HAVE JUST THE TICKET, INCLUDING A SPECIAL ITINERARY “DOWN MEXICO WAY.”

HOW TO BE A “SUPERGUEST” • So we’ve explained how to be a great host. But how does one achieve greatness from the guest perspective? Here’s how:

From Offshore Racer to Performance Cruiser • An adventurous, able couple freshly returned from a Pacific voyage takes on a big, new project, transforming a well-traveled Open 60 race boat—the late, legendary Mike Plant’s Duracell—into the long-distance cruising boat of their dreams.

Mike Plant’s Famous Duracell • Before he was tragically lost at sea in 1992, solo sailor Mike Plant twice circled the globe aboard his Open 60, Duracell. His most memorable voyage came during the 1989 Vendée Globe. Midway through the race, deep in the Southern Ocean, Plant was forced to anchor in the remote Kerguelen Islands to address rigging problems. Though he completed the repairs himself, he did accept brief assistance from a team of New Zealand meteorologists when Duracell dragged anchor. Though the Kiwis told Plant they’d be sworn to secrecy, he radioed race headquarters that he’d had help: an automatic disqualification. But Plant finished the course by sailing alone back to France, where he was greeted with a hero’s welcome and set the American record for a singlehanded circumnavigation of 134 days. He disappeared aboard his next boat, Coyote, en route to the 1992 running of the Vendée race.

Treasured Islands • With pandemic restrictions eased, a charter crew returns to find out just how good it feels to unfurl sails once again in the British Virgin Islands.

Pandemic Practicalities

Provisioning on the Fly

1 PLANNING THE PASSAGE • Through the lens of making plans to cross the Pacific again, an experienced crew reflects on the process to prepare for offshore transits after a coastal hiatus.

PILOT CHARTS, FOUR WAYS

PLOT A VOYAGE

2 COLD-WEATHER SAILING • High-latitude cruising and winter sailing require adequate preparations.

3 SEARCHING FOR SAFE SPOTS • Putting your anchor safely on hold near South Pacific coral takes some time and effort to get it right.

4 A STIFF BELT • That annoying noise emitted by a slipping drive belt can be caused by a lot of...