Offshore Log: Return to the Tropics
Surely by the time we reached the tropics, Olga would be history... But as we worked southwest, then turned almost due west a few...
Navigation Software
A couple of years ago, rating navigation programs was much easier than it is today. We were able to downrate programs that were unable...
Off-the-Shelf Medical Kits
Included in the Coastal Cruising Kit is a reference guide entitled First Aid by the Numbers. It contains a Table of Contents, an...
Navigation Lights: Hella and Aqua Signal Shine Brightest
We had noted that the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC), in their specs for the Intensity/Nominal Voltage Test for nav lights, ...
Offshore Log: Signs of the Times
It was strange to be back into the Atlantic Ocean after a three-year absence. Looking west, we felt that if we squinted really hard,...
Medical Matters
As this issue goes to press in late November, Keith Kilpatrick, a crewmember aboard Amer Sports One in the Volvo Ocean Race, has just...
Underwater Patching Compounds
Anyone who ventures farther away from a safe shore than their propulsion systems can carry them in a few minutes needs to have plans...
Hull Hole Damage Control
It's hard to imagine anything worse than holing your boat at sea. We've all heard the stories… one minute you're sailing peaceably, the next...
Offshore Log: A Longing For Home
We were waiting out the unfavorable weather in the venerable confines of Gibraltar Harbour, before heading down to the Canary Islands, when we found...
Bloatware in a Small Package
A couple of years ago, I worked briefly for an Internet company that was going to take over the world of sailing. By the...
A Fast Small Sailboat from Saffier
If you're looking for a fast sailboat to use as a day sailer, then Saffier Yachts may have just the sailboat to buy. With...
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Grampian 26 Used Boat Review
The first fiberglass auxiliary sailboats were built in the late 1950s; for the record, the first was the 40-foot Philip Rhodes-designed Bounty II (1956),...