Books Charts

Summer Reads for Sailors

In Peter I. Berman’s “Outfitting the Offshore Cruising Sailboat” (Paradise Publications, 2011, $20, not available in electronic or audio format), Berman details how to...

Holiday Gift Ideas

November and its cooler temperatures herald several things for sailors—the end of sailing season for those in the north and the start of race...

The Cruise of Mascot

Ninety-nine years ago last month, Henry M. Plummer, his adult son, Henry Jr., and a cat named Scotty set out from Massachusetts, bound for...

Practical Sailor’s Picks for Fireside Reading

January and February are often the hardest months for sailors in the U.S. Freezing weather and short days limit our sailing adventures to those...

Mailport: March 2010

Another sailboat owners’ group that should be added to your list of boat owners’ websites ("Website Roundup," January 2010) is the Friendship Sloop Society:...

Boating Books for Female Sailors

Sailing how-to and have-done books abound. But only in the last decade or so has the world of sailing literature taken an interest in...

Winter Reading List

Its that time of year again, when freezing temps mean many of find our watery adventures limited to a fireside escape in a good...

EarthNC Software

On a recent boat delivery from Michigan to Florida, I had the opportunity to try out some new computer-based planning software from EarthNC.EarthNC uses...

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...