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Editorial content covers the total sailing experience, featuring articles on coastal and blue-water cruising, trailer-sailing, racing, multihulls and monohulls, daysailing, one-design racing, and much more.

In Praise of Things Analog

Sail

The Sailing Scene • Are you out there sailing, cruising and living the sailing life? Share your experiences with other readers. Send your photos to sailmail@sailmagazine.com

Letters

The Magic of Landfalls • Every landfall is special. But when you make landfall in a place like Portland, Maine, the experience can be nothing less than magical. In this instance, shortly before arriving off Portland Head Light we were smothered in a thick fog. then the sun came out, and the next thing we knew we had the sparkling weather you see here. A great end to a great trip up from Cape May, New Jersey.

In the Wake of Ancients • Cruising Lake Superior, Fred Bagley is reminded that wherever we sail, others have preceded us

Cruising Tips

No Bad Weather, Only Bad Clothing • For solo-circumnavigator Jerome Rand, there were many things to celebrate along the way

CRUISING TIPS

Next Stop Ushant France

A Mix of Speed and Smarts • Adam Cort says great performance is just the tip of the iceberg with these boats

Gear

A Problematic Rescue • For Bill Evans the sailing season started out with a series of avoidable close calls, including a near sinking

Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 410 • A versatile performance cruiser with much to recommend it

Amel 50 • A new take on passagemaking from a veteran bluewater builder

Night Approach to Cape Horn • REFLECTIONS ON REACHING THE FABLED ROCKY ISLAND AFTER MORE THAN 100 DAYS IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN

Dolphins to the Rescue • LESSONS LEARNED FROM A “CHANCE” ENCOUNTER AND SHIPWRECK IN THE INDIAN OCEAN

What a Long, Strange 170-year Trip It’s Been! • After years of boatbuilding, engineering and, of course, training, the 36th America’s Cup is finally here, the latest in a series stretching back to the 1850s. As fans gather to watch the racing down in Auckland, New Zealand, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate some of the more notable moments in the history of this storied event. For real-time updates on developments down in Auckland, visit sailmagazine.com.

Comfortable Passagemaking • Adventure-charter skipper Andy Schell looks at the ins and outs of weather routing for cruising

Rigging Reimagined • Phil Gutowski goes synthetic with his new standing rigging

Purchasing a Charter Yacht • For the right sailors, it’s an excellent boating option during a pandemic

A Modest Proposal • How to permanently fix the America’s Cup