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...

Catalina 356 Cruising Sailboat with BIG Features!

Thirty-six-foot Sailboats didn’t always have aft cabins, island beds, in-mast furling, electric windlasses and winches. The all-new Catalina 356 is a couple’s cruising boat...

Latest Sailboat Review

Ranger 33 Used Boat Review

The Ranger Yacht division of Jensen Marine was created in 1969 to build performance-oriented boats designed by Gary Mull. Jensen’s Cal division had been...