Details to Look for in Drysuits for Sailors
As more cruising sailors take advantage today's technology to extend their sailing season in winter or to push into the higher latitudes for new...
Winterizing Your Boat’s Water System
Amazingly enough there are still forum posts and online "experts" advocating vodka as anti-freeze solution. Practical Sailor has thoroughly debunked this myth in extensive...
Safe Navigation in Poorly Charted Waters
While we're in the middle of lining up a series of tests of electronic navigation devices and systems, I'm reminded how easily these devices...
LPG Fireplace Safety Guidelines
You can always recognize the southbound sailors who have heaters on their boats. Their southward push lacks the urgency of others in the fleet,...
The Right Caulk for Your Boat
The sudden and complete failure of 3M's 4000UV adhesive sealant after five years of exposure, discussed in the upcoming December 2021 issue of Practical...
Fuel Storage Tips for Sailors
Practical Sailor contributor, Chesapeake Bay sailing blogger, and chemistry guru Drew Frye is still in the lab with his beakers, test tubes, and mason...
More Great Tips for Stopping Boat Stink
It's not often I get to see photos of an intact, but excruciatingly stinky holding tank get wedged and jimmied through cutouts in the...
The Pros and Cons of Leaving Your Mast Up for Winter
You may have noticed that each winter that there seem to be fewer masts in the rack and more still standing upright in boats...
The Ego Trap of Riding the Storm Out
More often than not, during conversations with the experienced sailors who contribute to Practical Sailor, the phrase “Do as I say, not as I...
Buyers Beware of Post-Storm Bargains
If you are in the market for a used boat and live in a place where winter storage is the norm, autumn is one...
The BEST and WORST Boat Washing Machines
Are you looking into how to wash clothes on a boat? I set out to figure out which washing machine to install on my...
Latest Sailboat Review
Cape Dory 30 Used Boat Review
When the Cape Dory 30 entered production in 1976, it was the largest boat in the expanding line of the Taunton, Massachusetts boatbuilder. In...