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Patron Saint of Sailors

Santa Trained for Today's Role by Rescuing Sailors from Storms

Why Was a Perfectly Good Boat Abandoned at Sea? (Videos)

Island Crime: Dinghy Theft Surges at BVI, Burglary Spree at St. Martin (Video)

Judged a Grifter in Canada, He Fights for Anchoring Rights in Florida (Video)

Meet Chaudry & Raja, New Admins for a Great Loop Facebook Page

This Is the Dude in Prison for Swimming From the Coast Guard

Happy Campers of YouTube Fight Off Venezuelan Pirates

Passage from Hell (Part 3): At Least the Captain Was Smart

Multihullers, Please Stop With the Cat Puns, or I'll Name My Next Boat 'Monkey Dick'

14 of America's Major Boating Magazines Now Owned by a Single Company

Passage from Hell (Part 2): 'We Are All Going To Die!'

Maine Fishboat-Tracking Case Should Bother Boaters Who Prize Their Privacy

Heading to the Bahamas? Expert Dispells Ciguatera B.S.

The Passage From Hell (Part 1): Naked Goes the Novice

The Forgotten Voyage: Ansel Adams on the ICW

IBEX Acquires Professional Boatbuilder

Swedish Sailor's Family Sent Autopsy Report for Wrong Body

Mystery Solved: Luperon's Diesel-Leaking Fishing Fleet Was Protected by Drug Cartel

The Shark That Ate My Summer (Video)

Do the Crime, Not the Time...With Yamaha

Riding the Porcelain Bus

Lady Victoria's Tow Line Snaps and Fouls Props. Salvors Ask $1M

Bayesian Builder Promises To Sue New York Times Over It's Story Citing Design Flaws

Selfie-Influencers Drown After Refusing PFDs as Bad for Tans

An Ode to Jeff Holland and the 'Sailing Capital' That Doesn't Deserve Him

How Our Bayesian Coverage Helped Lead the 'Times' To a Damning Conclusion

Florida River Patrols Had Lapsed, Marina People Say. Then, a Little Girl Almost Died

Hurricane Cuts Two Navigable Inlets: Is Nature Teaching Florida a Lesson? (Video)

Historic 'Nao' Replica Loses Power, Pushed Against Bridge of Lions in Florida (Video)

Thuggery at Clifton Harbor in the Grenadines

Child Dies After Seadoo Switch Flips in Virginia

ICW Follies: Outside We Go to Manteo. Cut That Mark!

Ready, Aim...Join My New Subscriber Chat

Don't Take Seamanship Advice From Her

Russian Survives Two Months in Icy Sea in an Inflatible (Video)

New 'Pilar' Is for People Hemingway Would Like To Punch

Violated in Fiji

Q&A: Catalina 22 Seeks To Distance Herself from 'Lieutenant Dan'

Mean Spirited: The New Boat Show Vibe

Tampa Mayor Mispeaks. 'Lieutenant Dan' Rode Out Milton and His Go-Fund-Me Keeps Growing

As Milton Threatens Doom, Florida Ex-Con Steals the Show, Earns a Wad of Cash

Dispatch from the Land of Throwaway Boats

Sailing in the Wake of Columbus

An Even Richer Sea-Bean Treasure Trove (According to Skip)

Professional BoatBuilder Magazine Is Dead, Long Live...Something Else!

Helene Rescue Story Triggers Nasty Know-It-Alls of Sailing

Sailor in Viral Rescue Video Had a Good Plan...Until the Boat Broke

Five Years On, And It's All Downhill Now for Anna Marie (Videos)

Dramatic Video of Coast Guard Rescuing Man and Dog

First Came the Tip. Then Cops Used Radar To Stalk a People-Smuggling Cruiser

CEO of Bristol Marine Buys Huckins

Sharks and Rays Leap Out of the Water for Many Reasons

Flipping a Switch: A 'Quirky' Boat and the Accident That Nearly Killed a Little Girl

The Advantage of Being Knocked Down While Poor

Firefighters Suspected Her Lithium Batteries. Now, There's a Big Insurance Investigation

Q&A: Crossing the Atlantic in an 18-Foot Trailersailer—Twice

Ya Mon Suit: Not Only Are Yacht Brokers Like Those Bad Old Realtors; They're Actually Worse

Bayesian's Keel Up and Tall Mast Really Did Matter, According to Stability Data

'Flash Mob' Boating

Wanted: A New Geek for 'Gizmo'

Being a True-Crime Talking Head Ain't All It's Cracked Up To Be

Bayesian Stability Calculus Suggests There Really Were Only Seconds To Save Lives

D.R.'s National 'Shame' Continues in Diesel-Soaked Luperon Bay

'100,000 Pounds of Water in 30 Seconds,' Says Naval Architect, Looking at Bayesian Stability Data

Exclusive: Loose Cannon Obtains Official Bayesian Stability Document

Q&A: Boat Wrap Designer Says It's Cheaper Than a Paint Job

Made a Killin', Was Chillin' Like a Villain, Now He Be Fulfillin' Some Jail Time

Bayesian Primer: Five Watertight Bulkheads

Yacht Design Experts Dissect How an 'Act of God' Sank Bayesian

Underway, Unmanned Vessels Are by Definition Unlawful, Says Coast Guard Author

Boat Runs Down a Drone on Lake Erie. Is This Just the Beginning?

Love the Idea of ABYC, Reality Is More Complicated, Veteran Surveyor Says

Body Cam: Macho Politician Tries To Get Boats Cited for Bottom Growth

Accused of Conspiring, Yacht Brokers Ridicule Lawsuit, Ask Judge for Dismissal

Miami Beach Cracks the Anti-Cruiser Code

After 3,400-Mile Crossing from Africa, Boat Arrives Carrying 14 Human Skeletons

Us in 2024: Nearly 100 Stories, a Half Million Views

California Brokers Disavow Any Knowledge of Florida: 'We Know Thee Not, Old Man'

Things You Might Not Know About Boatbuilding Standards

Vessel Fitted With Rudder Blades To Deter Orcas After Fifth Sinking

Vikings Were Pioneers of Craft and International Trade, Not Just Pillaging

Why Didn't the Vikings Adopt a Better Sail Rig for Going to Windward?

Olympics Inspire France To Consider the 'Merde' in Her Waterways

Racer and 'Gentleman Broker,' Skip Mansfield Crosses the Bar

Prevents Strikes,You Say. Then Why Doesn't This Florida Lightning Map Prove It?

Pride & Stability, The Final Story: 'Tom Wakes Up in the Night Hearing Screams'

Leopard Horror Show Spotlights Resin-Infusion Pitfalls, Experts Say

Pride & Stability 7: The People in Charge Poorly Understood the Physics

Big Catamaran Builder Offered $250,000 as Hush Money, Unhappy Buyer Says

Pride & Stability 6: Disaster Math 101

La Niña Is Coming, Raising Odds for a Bad Hurricane Season

Underway With Mr. Bad Example

Orca Revenge in History and Pop Culture

Pride & Stability 5: Author IDs One Ship as Most Likely To Capsize

Max Sentence for Liveaboard Dad Who Sold Incest Porn from Boat at Boot Key Harbor

Pride & Stability 4: Author Takes Covert Measurements During Onboard Cocktail Party

Leo of Tally Ho Takes Issue With Article

Are These The Same Boat? What Would Plutarch Say?

Pride & Stability 3: Team Renews Effort for 'Believable' Data

Trawler Broker Protests Our Essay on Surveyors

Pride & Stability, Part 2: Author's Career Trajectory Leads Directly to the Case

'Pirate Ship' Hit by Lightning at Tourist Town. No Injuries Reported

West Coast Yacht Brokers Arrive Late to the Billion-Dollar Litigation Party

Pride & Stability, Part 1: About That 'Microburst' Theory of Sinking...

Broker Lawsuit: Not All Yacht Surveys Are Created Equal

Sea-Bean Motherlode Discovered

Trump Spotlights SC Boat Building in Vegas Speech

Is Collapse of the Atlantic Ocean Circulation Really Imminent?

Technology To Avoid Hitting Whales Is Here. Wherewithal To Create a System Around It, Not So Much

UK Outfit Sees Broker Lawsuit as Opportunity To Expand Into American Market

Owners Deny De Gallant Was Carrying Too Much Canvas for the Forecast, Confirm Knockdown

The Hurricane-Hole Row That's a No-Go

De Gallant Owner Blames 'Unforeseen' Storm for Loss. American Forecaster Calls BS

Coast Guard Suspends Search for Two French Sailors

107-Year-Old Cargo Schooner Goes Down in Lonely Bahamas Waters, Two Still Missing

New Bahamas Guide Scores on a Triple

Orca Pod Sinks Fifth Sailboat, Like an Earlier Whale That Terrorized the Med

Broker Lawsuit: Mike Joyce Is Right, But Does That Really Matter?

Cruisers Net Hissy Fit in Grenada

Cruisers Net Hissy Fit in Grenada

Latest Anti-Yacht Broker Lawsuit Casts a Wider Net

Rogue Waves Are Much More Common Than Anyone Suspected, New Study Says

New Partial Paywall Policy Explained

Sailing Legend Don Street Is Dead

YachtWorld Gets a Lot of Hate, But Does That Make It a Monopoly?

Outwardly Ordinary Cruising Dude Caught En Route to Florida With 31 Haitians Down Below

Marooned Aussies Back on the Move: 22 Inches in 60 Seconds, 'HAPPY' (Video)

Is the NMMA's 'Manhattan Project' To Save Whales for Real, or Is It Theater?

You're Buying a New Boat. Do You Really Know Who's Reaching Into Your Wallet?

That Critical Construction Detail: The Hull/Deck Joint

Yacht-Broker Lawsuit: Defense Strategy Emerges in Rogue Pleadings

Furuno Says Its AI Routing Is Prelude To Autonomous Navigation

Captain Ron Is Real. He Was 'Florida Man' Waiting To Happen

S.C. Has a Clever Plan: Let's 'Insurance' Derelict Boats Out of Existence

Power-Cruising Pioneer Bruce Kessler Dies at 88

Using 'GPS' To View the Eclipse

'Impeccably Honest' Denison Seeks Dismissal, Throws Galati, Allied Under the Bus

Legal Weed Just Got a Boost in Florida. What Would It Mean for Boaters?

'All Is Lost'? Cruising World Magazine's Credibility, That Is

Seven-Day Delay: Florida Paper Finally Picks Up Big Broker Story

Q&A: Expert Dispells Ciguatera B.S.

Yacht Broker Hits Back at Critique of Industry Accountability

Suits Against Yacht Brokerages Subject Industry to Closer Scrutiny

Blood in the Water

'Zen' Author Cruised While Mentally Ill. Being Underway Helped Him

Caught With One Stolen Cat, Gang Fooled a Florida Cop. Then, They Took Off With Someone Else's Instead

Online Therapy Mill Accused of 'Rotten' Behavior Gets a Boost From YouTube Sailors

Sea Ray Death Suit Turns on Fuel Hose Design

Report: Sweden Sends Cop To Investigate Death of Sailor in Colombia

Eastern Caribbean 'Cruising Experts' Take It on the Chin After Murders

Grenada Catamaran Killings Stoke Calls for Return to Executions

So, Is There Really a 'Rule' That Helps Yacht Brokers Fix Sales Prices?

Supreme Court Upholds Back-Door Denials of Boat Insurance Claims

Lawsuit Rocks the Yacht-Sales World

Random Thoughts on the Horrific Events at Grenada

U.S. Couple in Caribbean Feared Dead in Suspected Catamaran Hijacking

Pirate-Attack Survivor Dies as Boat Wrecks on Colombian Beach

Guns on 'The Loop?' New York Law Challenged in Court

As Right Whale Nursery Becomes 'Crime Scene,' Renewed Pressure To Slow Down Small Craft

Going to Hell? First Stop: Miami Superyacht Show

Loose Cannon Goes on a Sanding and Painting Vacation

2024 Presidential Politics and Cruising Cuba

Houthi Rebels 'Endorse' a Simrad Small-Craft Radar; Marines Take the Hint

Family's Child-Porn and Rape Arrests Horrify Florida Keys Harbor

NTSB: Fishing Boat (With Toddler Aboard) Sunk After Ramming Container Ship

Manslaughter in the Bahamas: U.S. Boater Convicted at Home for Crimes Abroad

Colombian Pirates Attack; Tough Old Swede Fights Back With Hammer, Flares and a Molotov Cocktail

When 'Boat of the Year' Was Escape Pod for Cuba Spy Couple

Hampster-Wheel Skipper Pledges Never To Be a Navigation Hazard Again

Braving a 'Tehuantepecker' in Relative Comfort Requires a Specific Boat, No-Go for Most Sailing Monohulls