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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.

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Table Mountain Tear • A newly launched Leopard 50 catamaran makes knots reefed down off iconic Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. Clearly cruising cats also like to step on the gas on occasion!

Talking About Design • A look at the thinking that went into the new Balance 442 performance-cruiser

Race to Alaska

Resurrection of the Worrell 1000

Bali Catspace • The latest in multihull design SAIL EDITORS

Fountaine-Pajot Isla 40

Bali 4.8

Dragonfly 40

Leopard 42

Neel 43

Fountaine-Pajot Samana 59

Seawind 1370

Outremer 55

Minicat 460 Elite

Happy Cat Hurricane

Corsair 880

Knives • From splicing lines to emergency escapes, the right knife is an essential piece of safety equipment in any sailor’s kit. So how do you go about choosing a knife that’s appropriate for you? There are many features to consider, so let’s get down to the nuts and bolts of what you really need.

Prepping for a Transatlantic • Bringing a brand-new cat home from La Rochelle, France

Oliver Racoupeau • It’s been a long journey from the IOR to the cutting-edge of multihull design

Back to the Future in St Maarteen • There at the creation for the second annual Caribbean Multihull Challenge

A Carbon Neutral Circumnav • Jimmy Cornell’s Elcano Challenge seeks to right a historical wrong and prove the efficacy of eco-friendly passagemaking

HH50 • An impressive combination of tech, luxury and speed to burn

Neel 47 • Feels like a monohull, with the space of a cat—must be a trimaran!

Excess 15 • Big surprises in a smaller package

Lagoon 46 • Expectations soar for a new model that replaces a successful predecessor

The Pros of Bareboating a Cat • Zuzana Prochazka says that when it comes to chartering, two hulls are better than one