Check Your Safety Tethers
6. The tether snap-hook, at the boat-end of the tether, should be attached to a jackline or padeye designated for that purpose. Our preliminary...
PFD-Harness Good Sense
In the wake of the recent fatal accident in the Clipper Around the World Race, we look again at the hard won guidance on...
Marine Antifreeze Problems: When Pink Antifreeze Freezes
There's nothing like buying several $3 bottles of marine antifreeze to protect your $30,000 boat, then coming home to discover the unused bottles frozen...
Loose Ships Sink Sailboats
Two different harbors suffered almost the same fate as Hurricane Irma raked South Florida with hurricane force winds. In both places, tens of thousands...
Preserving Your Nonskid Deck
As we found in our do-it-yourself nonskid test (Practical Sailor, "Do it Yourself Nonskid Test," November, 2013), revamping a nonskid deck is a time...
Earthquake and Tsunami Awareness
PS ContributorsJohn Neal and Amanda Swan Neal of Mahina Expeditions bluewater voyaging school have weathered a few earthquakes and tsunamis in their decades of...
Gelcoat Repairs Revisited
Eventually every owner of a fiberglass boat will have to deal with gelcoat cracks and chips. Fixing these minor blemishes are well within reach...
Towed Water Generators: Are They Worth It?
Towing isn't the only option, though. While I was in South Africa a few years ago, I spoke with the local representative for Duogen...
Navigating Among Coral Islands
For the average cruiser, the half-day passages pose a special challenge. The temptation is to leave early and knock out all the miles in...
Quick and Dirty Repairs to Canvas Fasteners
Snaps are the first failure point on many covers and dodgers. Often the stress cause by repeated shrinking and stretching during wet/dry cycles works...
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...
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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...