Cruising World

Explore the world's coastlines & oceans. Cruising guides, stories & tips.

BEST of the BEST • Cruising World’s Boat of the Year awards, and the expert panelists who decide the winners, are very much the real deal.

Cruising World

2023 BOAT of the YEAR

UNDERWAY • EXPLORING the BEST of the CRUISING LIFESTYLE

Rally TIME • Rallies are a great way to expand your horizons. Here are a few cruising favorites.

NEWPORT to BERMUDA

TYPE V Life-Saving LIFT • These eight PFDs can help you keep your head above water.

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION

TETHER TALK

One WILL GET YOU Six • A Little Harbor 44 once owned by designer Ted Hood becomes a couple’s years-long home for adventure.

FINDING YOUR People • Having the right buddy boat can make the cruising experience even more fun, educational and memorable.

A Taste of TIMES PAST • The flavors of spiced ground beef and creamy white sauce lingered in our memories for years.

Tangling With REALITY • The everyday situations that come from cruising with safety harnesses are more complicated than you might think.

TWO FOR THE BLUE • In ideal conditions on Chesapeake Bay, a taut fleet of 17 contestants vied for top honors in the 2023 edition of Cruising World’s annual Boat of the Year competition. When the spray had settled, at the top of the leader board was a pair of yachts destined for blue water and beyond: the Lyman-Morse LM46, the Domestic Boat of the Year, and the Hallberg-Rassy 400, the Import Boat of the Year.

DOMESTIC BOAT OF THE YEAR

IMPORT BOAT OF THE YEAR

BEST MIDSIZE CRUISER

BEST FULL-SIZE CRUISER

BEST PERFORMANCE CRUISER

BEST CRUISING MULTIHULL

JUDGES’ SPECIAL RECOGNITION

THE JUDGES

The AirUp There • Sailing in Greenland is not what I thought it would be. It’s even better.

[LEAVING MY Comfort ZONE] • At 78, I decided that I wasn’t going to let my age get in the way of making memories of a lifetime with my son.

1 WELL, LET’S NOT DO THAT AGAIN. • Disassembling, cleaning, and reassembling my boat’s engine was a months-long lesson in hard work and frustration.

2 KEEP COOL • Knowing how to change a raw-water pump is must-have knowledge, even for beginner boaters.

Code RED • How to avoid painful, cancer-causing sunburns on a charter—and how to treat them if the rays get the best of you.

WHO KNEW ?

BROKERAGE • WHERE YOU’LL FIND the BEST USED BOATS on the MARKET

FALLING Ashore • Thomas Tangvald’s disastrous crash landing was not from space, but rather on the reefs off Bonaire at age 15 while being towed south from Puerto Rico on a leaky sailboat.