A Better Boat for Dream Chasing
It was April when I consciously admitted it: I’d made a mistake buying that old Rawson 30 I called Tortuga. It would be 10 years before I could set off to circumnavigate the globe solo in that piece of work (a dream I began…
My Boat | 1979 Pearson 424 ‘Rhythm’
My Boat shares the stories of your beloved boats from around the Pacific Northwest For travelers and adventurers John and Justine Lucia, owning a cruising boat isn't simply about sailing, it's about exploring the world. And…
Catalina 425 Boat Review
A Sail Test On An Award-Winning American-Built Cruising Boat From the April, 2020 issue of 48° North My first crossing of the Strait of Juan de Fuca was aboard a wing-keel Catalina 42 that bounded comfortably in…
Sirius 40 DS Boat Review
48° North Tests the Stout, Twin-Keeled Bluewater Cruiser The Sirius 40 Deck Saloon (DS) just made its North American Boat Show debut in Seattle in January, and I have to admit, it had not been on my radar. It certainly is…
48° North Boat Review of Beneteau Oceanis 51.1
Beneteau Oceanis 51.1: Elegant & Easy There are a lot of different priorities that can take center stage when it comes to boat design. Going sailing is the best way to truly discover what they are for a particular boat.…
The new Jeanneau 440 is a…48° North Boat Review of Fountaine Pajot Lucia 40
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The Perry Carbon Cutter Project
This article originally appeared in the January 2017 "Boat Show Preview" issue of 48° North. There is something uniquely “Pacific Northwest” happening in Anacortes right now. There are four identical 43’ offshore cruising…