Sparkling Brightwork: Careful Attention to the Details
It takes practice to produce a perfect, mirror finish on varnished wood, but it is not so much a difficult task as an exacting...
Do-It-Yourself Fender Boards
Without fender boards, no matter how you position and secure your boat and fenders, the movement of the tide and the boat will invariably...
Mast Support for Trailerable Boats
The transom support is a simple design. It is merely a 1" x 8 " board of a convenient length fastened to the rudder...
How to Prevent Head Odors Aboard Your Sailboat
While permeation of waste gases through flexible sanitation hose is a major source of odors in the head, it is not the only one....
Winterizing the Engine: Maintenance that Is Truly Preventive
Winterizing an inboard engine installation means a lot more than filling the cooling system with antifreeze and stuffing a rag in the exhaust outlet....
Boat Clinic: Minor Repair to Cored Decks
As long as the areas are small-no more than one or two square feet-repairs are quite simple and can usually be accomplished by injecting...
Maintenance of Interior Teak
With resistance to weathering as its primary virtue, however, teak makes less sense for use as trim below. Nevertheless, the simplicity of finishing teak,...
Stop That Leak!
The trick is to choose the right one. Some sealants get hard enough to sand or drill, and others stay supple. Some will stick...
Stemming Troublesome Deck Leaks
There are many perfectly sound, watertight joints today on boats built up to 30 years ago. Then, as now, good workmanship begat durability.Still, if...
Chasing Deck Leaks – Painting Non-Skid Decks
Chasing Deck LeaksOur Islander 36 has a padded vinyl headliner. Leaks are very difficult to locate. The boatyard has pumped air into the boat...
Seven dead after superyacht sinks off Sicily. Was the crew at...
Superyacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Italy leaving a lot of questions. Was it her retractable keel being up and stowed? The freak...
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Ericson 41 Used Boat Review
Sailing the Salish Sea on Canada’s west coast is the dream of many a sailor. With a lifetime of sailing dinghies and messing about...