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...
Marine Electronics:Garmin 48 Tops in Handheld GPS
As it is with notebook computers, GPS receivers continue to evolve into faster, smaller and more powerful devices. Our latest crop of test models...
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: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...
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...
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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...