Cruising World

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THE Waiting GAME • Trying to find the right boat on the brokerage market is sometimes an exercise in patience.

Beyond the Lens

Cruising World

SAILING TOTEM: The RAINDANCER SAGA and Other WHALE STORIES

UNDERWAY • EXPLORING the BEST of the CRUISING LIFESTYLE

LESSONS for the LONG HAUL • Circumnavigators Behan and Jamie Gifford dispense encouraging yet sober advice to starry-eyed sailors.

Electric POWER PLAY • Looking for an alternative to your dinghy’s gas engine? These three self-contained electric motors will get the job done.

CRAB CAKES and THE Simple Life • As we cruise south from New England, we adjust our diet, enjoying crab cakes in Maryland, shrimp in the Carolinas, and the local catch in Florida and the Bahamas.

CRISP AND TASTY CRAB CAKES

MY Perfect BOATS • Finding them took effort. Buying them took leaps of faith. Sailing them was well worth it all.

Nouveau GRAND • New management has overhauled Dufour Yachts, but the DUFOUR 37 shows that longtime staples such as fine performance and good value have endured.

ELEGANCE of Simplicity • Beneteau’s First 36 is designed from the bottom up for one purpose: to go sailing.

BIG LOOP • Cruising the Great Loop is one of the ultimate American adventures for the right sailboat.

WAITING TO POUNCE • The sailboat brokerage market is opening up a bit for buyers who are prepared.

GREENER RIDES • 11th Hour Racing’s MarineShift360 gives owners and builders a powerful new tool to create more-sustainable boats.

THE PROJECT-BOAT DILEMMA • You can get what you want with a project boat or a turnkey vessel, but only if you take a hard look in the mirror first.

THE VALUE OF BONDING • A smart ground system will help protect metal parts of the boat that live below the waterline.

MANAGING the Other BOAT • YOUR GATEWAY TO THE ULTIMATE CRUISING VACATION

1988 LITTLE HARBOR 53 BLUE STAR

Florida MAN • The “Florida man” meme struck me as hilarious until one morning, after a snowbird winter on my boat in the Sunshine State, I realized that I’d become one.