Fall Maintenance: Dont Wait Until Spring!
As the frost line marches southward over the next few months, it will signal the end of the season for sailors stranded to its...
Design For: Cockpit Foot Brace
Modern yachts are frequently advertised as having spacious cockpits: and, indeed, they do. But it doesn't take many afternoons of sailing to discover that...
Taming the Wild Boom: Two Designs for a Gallows
A wildly flailing boom is one of the most dangerous objects aboard a sailboat. If you could completely control the boom at anchor and...
Design For: Tableware Storage
One solution to the problem of tableware stowage is a bulkhead rack of the type commonly available from marine chandleries and discount houses. If...
Design For: A Dock Box
Whether by choice or force of circumstance, increasing numbers of us are sailing out of marina slips rather than off moorings. For anyone using...
Design For: Stern Rail Mount Work Surface
For those who enjoy fishing or charcoal cooking, here's a design for a stern rail mount work surface useful for fish cleaning and meat...
It Takes a Tough Sailor to Make a Smooth Boat Bottom
Fairing in through hull fittings will go a long way toward reducing bottom drag in light air, but it won't really do the job...
Teak: A Little Effort Goes a Long Way
Probably nothing can make or break the appearance of a fiberglass boat more quickly than the appearance of the exterior teak trim. Contrary to...
A Homemade Tiller Tender
On my Catalina 22 I have a tiller tender which has served me well for many years — and it didn't cost a cent.On...
Lay New Nonskid to Restore Worn Decks
We don't really know what the life expectancy of a fiberglass boat may be. There are lots of them out there that are more...
Full Tour of this IMPRESSIVE Sailboat – The Jeanneau Yachts 55
Are you shopping for a world cruising 55 foot sailboat? At this years Miami International Boat show we caught up with Jeanneau and toured...
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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...