Cruising World – May 2018

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Contents

May 2018

FEATURES

COLUMNS

The new Jeanneau 490 rides the breeze on Florida’s Biscayne Bay.

Photo by Billy Black

BOATS & GEAR

72

Sun-sational

Jeanneau launches

some fresh new ideas

with the Sun Odyssey

440 and 490.

By Herb McCormick

and Mark Pillsbury

76

Back to Basics

The Malbec 18 and

Stiletto Xc are simply

about the sailing.

By Mark Pillsbury

78

Here and Now

A slew of new features

enhance safety and

navigation.

Electronics by David

Schmidt

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Editor’s Log

14

Underway

26

On Watch

30

Point of View

81

Chartering News

114

Off Watch

HANDS-ON SAILOR

55

Keep It Simple or

Tweak for Twist

Designers come up

with new ways to

shape sails.

By Tim Murphy

60

Stand Up and Go

Paddleboards spice up

any anchorage.

By Ben and

Dianna Emory

62

Shelter from

the Storm

Plan ahead with

hurricane hide-outs.

By Wally Moran

66

In the Crosshairs

Ten steps to help

weather a blow.

By Carolyn Shearlock

70

Plumb Crazy

Use the proper hose

for raw-water systems.

Monthly Maintenance

By Steve D’Antonio

The parties rage

all night long, non-

stop, until 6 or 7 in

the morning. The

sense of communi-

ty is deep-seated.

If only everywhere

was the Faroe

Islands.”

NORTHERN

EXPOSURE PAGE 34

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34 NORTHERN EXPOSURE

An expedition to the fog-shrouded Faroe Islands is a voyage to a land

where the goliaths play.

By Herb McCormick

42 BIG SKY SAILING

A Montana family chases the wake of Lewis and Clark down a remote

stretch of the Missouri River in their sailing canoe.

By Brianna Randall

46 SURVIVING THE IMPERFECT

STORM

An unexpected hurricane and an even more improbable rescue remain a

remarkable story four decades later.

By Beverly Schuch

ROB ROBERTS (TOP); HERB MCCORMICK

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