Innholdsfortegnelse for June/July 2023 i Cruising World

1 lb. fresh lump crabmeat (or good-quality canned)½ jalapeño or serrano pepper (optional)¼ cup mayonnaise (Duke’s, if possible)1 tsp. dry mustard2 scallions, thinly sliced1 large egg, lightly beaten1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard2 tsp. fresh lemon juice (plus lemons for garnish)1½ tsp. Old Bay seasoning*1¼ cup panko or plain breadcrumbs1 Tbsp. chives, thinly sliced¼ tsp. kosher salt1 ∕8 tsp. freshly ground black pepper4 Tbsp. vegetable oil (not olive oil) Bibb lettuce, parsley for garnish (optional) * Or substitute ¾ tsp. each celery salt and paprika, and a pinch of cayenne MAKES 6 CRAB CAKES Pick over the lump crabmeat to remove bits of shell or cartilage. Set aside. Seed jalapeño or serrano pepper, and chop finely. Set aside. Combine the next seven ingredients in a medium bowl and add chopped peppers. Whisk…

When France’s Groupe Beneteau purchased the Slovenian shipyard Seascape in 2018, it acquired designs, tooling and production facilities, along with a team of sailors who know how to build no-frills boats that are slippery and fast. And, yes, very fun to sail. So much fun, in fact, that once Cruising World’s Boat of the Year judges named winners for the formal 2023 categories, we chose to conjure up a judges’ special recognition award for the First 36 as Best Sportboat. Our dilemma, you see, was that in the fleet of 17 sailboats we considered, there wasn’t really anything quite like the First 36 in terms of size or performance. But, oh, what a ride we had. With about 12 knots of breeze blowing up a moderate chop, right out of…

ON March 11, skipper Charlie Enright and his 11th Hour Racing Team sailed a staggering 586.36 nautical miles in a 24-hour push aboard their IMOCA 60 Mālama. The team was in the wind-swept depths of the Southern Ocean, west of Australia’s Cape Leeuwin, en route from Cape Town, South Africa. It was headed to Itajaí, Brazil, on The Ocean Race’s mammoth 12,750-nautical-mile Leg Three, and conditions were perfect. In fact, the team temporarily owned the unofficial 24-hour world record for a crewed IMOCA 60, but its pace was bettered some 24 hours later by skipper Kevin Escoffier and his HOLCIM-PRB team (it’s now 595.26 nautical miles). § Records aside, there’s a difference between these two monohulls that’s far more important: impact quantification. It will affect far more than speed across…

Sailboats make their way under Chicago’s Michigan Avenue Bridge. After 10 months sailing the Great Loop, the Nor’Sea 27 Jackalope tacked into the Windy City at dawn. The sun rising over the stern reflected in the windows of the buildings lining the river. Over the span of more than a century, architects designed these buildings to rise out of the river, to live with it and alongside it. They created the impression that the quiet waters and bustling world flowed together in beauty and peace. There’s a touch of magic in the way a bluewater boat winds through a city—a pause to the story of the sea. As the bow slips by the crowds, the sails seek a hint of an ocean breeze. Around a final bend, the hull at…

We were cruising down the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, the canal that links Pickwick Lake in Mississippi with Mobile Bay in Alabama. It was November. The sky was gray, and some of the raindrops were starting to resemble snow flurries. The captain was dressed head to heel in gray wool. I was in pink, equally bundled. We stood in the open cockpit of our Nor’Sea 27, insulated mugs of coffee in hand, and sang sea shanties while the captain steered by tiller. We’d taught our kids these songs on a weekend trip through the desert when they were little. We had sung “Farewell Nova Scotia” as we pulled away from Hovenweep National Monument, chanted “Cape Cod Girls” as we passed through Monument Valley, and learned every line to “All for Me Grog”…

BOAT OWNERSHIP In 2011, I began searching for a specific type of ketch. I flew from Florida to Mexico, to Seattle and the British Virgin Islands, all to inspect boats. My budget was around $180,000, but I was unable to find a vessel to my liking—unless it was a project boat that would require a lot of repair and TLC. I’m far from alone. No matter what the ideal boat is in any sailor’s mind, it’s always a quick descent from the dream back to reality, which usually includes asking yourself whether you should buy a less-expensive fixer-upper or a more-expensive (and allegedly) turnkey edition. Experienced boat owners tell first-time buyers to take a hard look at their own skill levels and personal circumstances when trying to decide. Many first-time…

BLUE STAR is a Little Harbor 53 sailing yacht designed by Ted Hood and built in the Lien Hwa shipyard in Taiwan. The yacht was built with high-quality construction and a deep, efficient centerboard, making it ideal for comfortable offshore sailing in shallow waters. With only two owners since it was built in 1988, the yacht has been well-maintained, never been chartered, and is kept in its own private slip in Oxford, MD. BLUE STAR sleeps six in three private staterooms, each with its own head and shower, and a layout focused on safety and offshore blue water sailing. It was featured in the movie ‘Failure to Launch’ starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker, which speaks to the pristine condition of the yacht. The yacht underwent a recent refit…

The sinking of the sailboat Raindancer brought at-sea safety preparations to the forefront and reminded the Totem crew of their own whale encounters. cruisingworld.com/sailing-totem-raindancer Bonus Features The Noob Files: Good Vibes Only? It’s Complicated Our resident “noob” cruiser David Blake Fischer is at it again, this time discovering that sailing, like life, is about embracing a full spectrum of emotions. cruisingworld.com/thenoobfiles Navigating by the Stars The Polynesian Voyaging Society embarks on a four-year Pacific circumnavigation using only traditional wayfinding on sailing canoes. cruisingworld.com/pvs-voyage-2023 Prop Walk Explained If you’re not using your boat’s pivot to your advantage when leaving the dock, you’re doing it wrong. Check out this expert advice on how to make your prop work for you. cruisingworld.com/prop-walk Newsletter Cruising World Weekly Don’t miss the latest from Cruising World.…

For most of the decade starting around 2010, Dufour Yachts approached the business of making and marketing its performance cruising boats in a uniform manner. Nowhere was this more obvious than at gatherings such as the annual sailboat show in Annapolis, Maryland, where the company’s Grand Large line of boats was displayed, all clearly from the same lineage. They had nearly identical hull shapes and profiles, and matching beige canvas dodgers and Bimini tops. The only major thing that set them apart was the length of their waterlines. I quite liked those boats, which sailed well and offered extremely good value; in fact, I often had Dufour at the top of my list of favorite French production boatyards. Then, in 2018, Dufour was acquired by another iconic French yard—catamaran builder…

Mark Pillsbury can see the change in his email inbox. The longtime editor for Cruising World has been looking to buy a brokerage sailboat for the past year, maybe year and a half, but the pickings have been slim. Buyers scooped up pretty much anything that could float during the pandemic. Even when Pillsbury took the time to input his criteria for an online brokerage database, he never got a single email alert about a matching listing. “Now, it’s maybe three or four boats a week that get listed and meet the criteria I put in,” Pillsbury said in late March. “It’s definitely opening up a little bit, but you can look at the pictures and then get to the boat, and you think, Were those really pictures of this…

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE Not long ago, I saw a boater write online: “My vessel has no bonding system, and everything seems to be fine. Do I need one?” It’s a great question. Like so many things electrical, you can’t actually see what’s happening—or not happening—with a bonding system, making it tempting to draw conclusions that are often incorrect. Let’s begin with terminology. The words “bonding” and “grounding” are often used interchangeably. For the purposes of this column, we’ll look at bonding systems specifically. Cathodic protection refers to the utilization of a system that relies on a sacrificial metal, the anode, to protect underwater metals, or cathodes. Anode refers to a sacrificial metal, often zinc, although it can be aluminum or magnesium. Zinc is suited for seawater applications; aluminum is appropriate for…