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Family Cruising Planner
Cruising with the Family is one of the most rewarding ways to use our boats. Finding the right places to go that are easy to get to, and close to family friendly activities is a must to ensure everyone will have a great time and not get too worn out ...
Newport On Canvas
For centuries, Newport Harbor in Newport, Rhode Isalnd has been an irresistible draw for s...
Optimist Buying Guide
The Optimist; at first glance a simple little kids boat…right? The more you get to know t...
Atlantic Cup
$30,000 Prize Purse Up for Grabs in America’s Class40 Grand Prix
On Saturday, May 11, 15 ...
Newport Starts with a Bang!
Not since the Aussies broke the longest winning streak in sports history in 1983 has there...
Hunter 33
The stunning new Hunter 33 is Cruising World’s 2012 Best Compact Cruiser 30-35 feet. Hunter’s signature window line gives this yacht the sleek feel of the latest Hunt...
Beneteau Oceanis 45
On board the Oceanis 45, harmony reigns supreme: everything in its place on this beautiful yacht, which can aspire to meet a varied profile of life aboard. This can be ...
Beneteau Oceanis 41
With the Oceanis 41, the heart of the Oceanis range has a yacht of incomparable volume and a design with elegant, taut lines. Her new generation hull promises comfortable...
Family Cruising Planner
Cruising with the Family is one of the most rewarding ways to use our boats. Finding the right places to go that are easy to get to, and close to family friendly activiti...
Edwin S. Gaynor - Our Remarkable Friend
Alfred Lord Tennyson – 1889
We lost one of the truly great ones when our good friend, Edwin Gaynor put out to sea on his eternal voyage recently. Anyone who has done dis...
Green Power Play
Thoughtful Upgrades for a Long Distance Cruiser
Our first cruising boat was a used, strip-planked yawl purchased in 1968. She raised three children and two adults for 25 y...
Atlantic Cup
$30,000 Prize Purse Up for Grabs in America’s Class40 Grand Prix
On Saturday, May 11, 15 teams of professional sailors will depart Charleston, SC on the first leg of the...
Cedar Point YC One Design Regatta
Mark your calendars! Cedar Point Yacht Club in Westport, CT will host its 10th Annual One Design Regatta on June 2 and 3. Through the years, this event has managed to gro...
Volvo Ocean Race Update
As the fifth leg (Auckland, New Zealand to Itajai, Brazil) of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 got underway, crews knew they were in for an epic struggle, not only against th...
New Executive Director at Clean The Bay
Clean The Bay, a Newport, RI-based non-profit environmental organization has appointed Captain Kent Dresser as its new Executive Director. Through federal and state fundi...
Zim Building Byte CII
Zim Sailing in Warren, RI is the exclusive builder and distributor of the Byte CII dinghy. “This is a very exciting time for Zim Sailing,” said President Steve Perry,...
New England Boatworks Named Swan Service Yard
Oy Nautor Ab in Pietarsaari, Finland, the builder of Nautor’s Swan yachts, has appointed New England Boatworks Inc. (NEB) in Portsmouth, RI an authorized Swan Service Y...
Optimist Buying Guide
The Optimist; at first glance a simple little kids boat…right? The more you get to know this “simple” little kids’ boat, the more you realize it’s not so simple....
Junior Sailing Opportunities 2012
Here is our annual roundup of sailing programs for kids. Each of these classes – at yacht clubs and community sailing programs and on boats big and small – is open ...
New Junior Overnight Race
NESS Hosting a Safety at Sea Seminar
Fishers Island Yacht Club in Fishers Island, NY has teamed up with the Storm Trysail Foundation to start a new junior overnight race. ...
The Finest Hours
Book about incredible Coast Guard rescue will be a Disney film
Walt Disney Pictures has begun screenwriting and production for a film about an amazing rescue that took pla...
Making Money With Boats
224 pages paperback $19.99
Now in an expanded second edition, Fred Edwards’ Making Money With Boats is the definitive book about how to start and run a maritime business....
Surfing Cold Water
A New Englander’s Off-Season Obsession
By Glenn S. Gordinier, PhD
Published by Flat Hammock Press 170 pages paperback $16.95
Review by Suzanne Bores
In his latest book, Gle...
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On the cover: Billy Black captured this shot of Mike Hennessy’s Class40 Dragon passing under the Claiborne Pell Bridge in Newport, RI during the 2011 Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing. This year’s Atlantic Cup, the first carbon neutral sailing race in the United States, starts on May 11 and the fully crewed Inshore Series will be sailed in Narragansett Bay on May 26 & 27. © Billy Black
