Ideal Drogue setup will require experiments
For maximum maneuverability, the control lines-one port, one starboard-should attach at the widest part of the boat. This maximizes leverage and places the effort...
Onboard Fire Fighting
When a fire strikes at sea, you need to respond quickly, aggressively, and with a cool head, and you will not give up easily....
Marine Weather Forecasting
Over the last few decades, there's been exponential growth in the availability of accurate weather forecasts and the net result is safer voyaging.
Government spending...
Know Your Rafts Checkup Regimen
Spring is when many sailors have to bite the bullet and have their liferaft inspected, an expense that costs 10 to 30 percent of...
Do You Want to Go Sailing?
Its hard to describe the curiosity I felt when I first saw the above photograph on the cover of the 2017 catalog for Defender...
Practical Sailor 2016 Index
Amenities & ApparelPortable boarding steps Velcro test Toilet paper test Boat hooks testAnchoring and Mooring Snubber sizing Mantus anchor swivel Anchor chain...
Risk Management and Renting Adventure
Oceans may interconnect the planet, but they also act as a barrier, isolating the sailors on opposite shores. Some cruisers and racers bridge the...
Cruising Guides
Pavlidis Northern Bahamas GuideGeared toward Bahamas-bound sailors, the extremely popular A Cruising Guide to: The Northern Bahamas (revised edition Volume 1) was written in...
How Much Drag is in a Drogue?
Weve long been interested in drogues, devices specifically designed to be towed behind a boat to reduce speed and to produce directional stability in...
Field Testing Drag, Behavior
We did not test every drogue that appears in the accompanying table, PS Value Guide: Drogues. However, we collected a huge amount of test...
Abandon Ship! Coast Guard Rescue Beneteau 523 in the Atlantic
What would cause the captain and crew to abandon ship in the Atlantic ocean? There was no sailboat disaster here, but a coast guard...
Latest Sailboat Review
Catalina 34 Used Boat Review
American sailboat manufacturers have had their highs and lows, and many have dropped right off the map. But Catalina has been going strong for...