Form Won’t Matter if it Doesn’t Fit
Even the best helmet will fail if poorly fitted. Expect this to take some time. Measure your head and get the right size. Loose...
Protecting the Sailors Pumpkin
Head protection has become a hot topic among sailors. Volvo Ocean Race helmsman wear surf helmets with retractable visors. Americas Cup crew wears them,...
Inflatable PFDs Wont Save You Without Proper Care and Use
I recently interviewed Mark Bologna of Landfall Navigation. Hes a safety expert, major supporter of safety training and has decades worth of experience selecting...
Rethinking the Use of Inflatable PFDs
In the early 1800s Norwegian sailors started wearing cork filled vests dubbed the Seamans Friend. And over the next two centuries, life jacket design...
Luck and the Urge to Duck
At night, when only the counted seconds between the lightning flash and thunder-crack offer any clue of what is to come, the intertropical convergence...
Prevention Plan for Finger Tendon Injuries
As an avid climber I pay attention to my aches and pains. To blindly ignore them puts myself and others at risk. The same...
Anchoring in Crowded Harbors
Stagger while you anchor? It sounds like Ive either been drinking too much or sailing too long. Bear with me.
It's not easy to see...
Anchoring Legal Responsibility
We often get questions about anchoring rights. While it is commonly understood that the first boat arriving in an anchorage has privileges, many see...
Ditch Kit for Small Sailboats
When we had a larger boat and made offshore hops, conventional ditch bag thinking made sense. But when I downsized to a 24-foot trimaran,...
Ditch Bag for the Daysailer
List (laminated) attached inside each bag, reminding you of what you need, even for day sailing.
Waterproof handheld VHF.
Cell phone in waterproof...
Can A Lithium Battery Fry Your Alternator?
Are you interested in putting lithium batteries in your sailboat? Understanding how lithium batteries work and charge is important because lithium can damage your...
Latest Sailboat Review
The PDQ 32 Cruising Cat Used Boat Review
PDQ Yachts in Whitby, Ontario, Canada, launched the Alan Slater-designed PDQ 32 catamaran in 1994 and built 53 of the boats in the following...