Safety & Seamanship

Offshore Log:Big Change in the Foretriangle

Although Calypso is rigged as a cutter, we sail her as a sloop. Most of the time we use the genoa, reducing its area...

Offshore Log: Trapped in Paradise

You would think that after a decade of construction and almost two years of full-time cruising, we would have Calypso pretty much finished. Nothing...

A Different Kind of Charter

Last August, our family took a different kind of boating vacation-white-water rafting on Utahs Green River. My wife, Andra, loves the west, and tries...

Vetus, Simpson Lawrence Best Of The Nonskid Add-Ons

Anyone who has spent time on a number of boats knows that there are usually some spots that could use some form of nonskid...

Uninflatable Tenders: Two Alternatives to RIBs & Roll-Ups

Once upon a time, tenders were essentially wooden or fiberglass rowboats. Then came inflatables, which are easier to stow, less likely to damage the...

Offshore Log: Keeping Water Clean

Clean, safe drinking water can be a scarce commodity once you leave the cruising waters of the U.S. Most cruising boats we have met...

Offshore Log:Another Year, Another Bottom Paint

By the time we finally moved westward from Trinidad in late September, Calypso had spent most of the 1998 hurricane season in Trinidad, south...

CO Detectors: Its MTI Safe-T-Alert

Combine any enclosed occupied space with a combustion process and you have the recipe for possible carbon monoxide poisoning. An inboard-powered boat, by definition,...

Offshore Log: Routine Maintenance Is A Lot of Work!

Our primary sail-trimming hardware-mainsheet traveler and blocks, genoa cars and puller tackles-is all Harken, and has proven to be an excellent choice. It is...

Offshore Log: Tight Security in Venezuela

It has been two years since the very green but very bright-eyed crew of Calypso set out from Newport to embark on the cruising...

Lagoon’s WILD NEW 43 Footer is Replacing the 42!

Are you interested in chartering a catamaran sailboat? This is Lagoons new entry level cat. The 43, and while you can still buy a...

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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...