Sail Magazin

Sail Magazin

1. Tartan 455 Deckhouse Sloop: Top 10 Best Boats Nominee

   “Have you ever sailed on Lake Erie before?” Fred Hunger asks as he maneuvers his new Tartan 455 Deckhouse Sloop from the slip at the Cleveland Yacht Club on the Rocky River. It’s maybe a quarter mile from the docks to the river’s entrance onto the lake’s southwest corner, denoted by a stone jetty...

2. Hospice Cup Draws Record Turnout off Annapolis

   This year’s Hospice Cup off Annapolis on September 19 saw 94 racing boats competing on three different courses, a record turnout of participants, and record fundraising to support the four hospice partners: Capital Caring Health, Luminis Health Gilchrist Life Institute, Montgomery Hospice, and...

3. Charter: Dumb Stuff Happens

   Next to sailing on a lovely beam reach or watching a sunset across an anchorage at happy hour, stories are the best things about time onboard. Tall tales are usually screwups that live large and get better with the retelling. To protect the (somewhat) innocent, some shouldn’t be told at all. A...

4. Hallberg-Rassy 40C: Top 10 Best Best Nominee

   Last year, we reviewed the new Hallberg-Rassy 400 and deemed it one of SAIL’s Top 10 Best Boats for 2023. Interestingly, it came to the U.S. ahead of its immediate predecessor, the center-cockpit 40C, which this year is making its U.S. debut though it was launched ahead of the 400. It’s the same...

5. Racing: Heading South, Going Solo

   Editor's Note: At 5 a.m. on September 19, 29-year-old Cole Brauer set off alone across the Atlantic. She is completing her final qualifying sail before the start of the Global Solo Challenge. She will begin the race, which has a pursuit start, on October 28 from A Coruña, Spain. Of the 20 skippers,...