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| January 2005 Table of Contents |
The Future of Sailing
SAIL has witnessed and documented dramatic changes in sailing over the past 35 years. In 2005 sailing confronts hot topics and an ever-higher-tech future.
Cruising and Racing
Under Sail
Then & Now: We look at where we came from and at significant stops along the way.
A Future Cruise
Charles J. Doane’s boat of the future can sail itself and run its systems. Why put your hands on the wheel?
Virtual Ratings
With the rating rule of the future, Kimball Livingston fantasizes, you can race any boat, anywhere in the world.
Nav Station 2040
Voice commands? Do-it-yourself cartography? Ben Ellison contemplates the electronics of the future.
Concept Boats
Forward thinking: a kite-powered cruising cat from Morrelli & Melvin; a canting keel from Garry Hoyt; a variable-foil racer from Owen Clarke Design.
Greening Marinas
Elizabeth B. Wrightson reports on the Clean Marina Initiative and other efforts to turn the tide of pollution nationwide.
Water Access
As mooring fields have waiting lists and marina properties turn into condos, Josh Adams wonders where we’ll keep our boats of the future.
Will The Maldives Survive?
Rod Heikell talks about how global warming has affected the oceans and world climate.
Future power
Greater energy efficiency and systems integration bodes well for fossil-fuel independence
By Nigel Calder
New Boats for 2005
More than 40 new boats to choose from. Here's a preview for the fall shows.
By Bill Springer
Seamanship
Waterlines
Honor one good turn with another.
By Tom Cunliffe
Commonsense Cruising
Make a tricky river entrance safely.
By Aussie Bray
Voice of Experience
A medical evacuation at sea ends well after a rocky beginning.
By Tony Collingridge
Cruising Tips
Six ways to improve your boathandling.
Know-how
Tech Notes
C Class catamarans represent the future in the world of today.
By Josh Adams
Sailing the Web
Use four Web sites and 10 minutes of time to forecast coastal weather.
By Ricky Niles
People & Boats
Roger Swanson’s mid-life crisis resulted in three circumnavigations and a happy new marriage.
By Ray Jason
Cover: The 107-foot carbon-fiber flush-deck Wally B is state of the art in design and instrumentation.Photo by Neil Rabinowitz
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