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...
Assessing the Anchor Kellet
One of all-chain rodes most popular features among cruising sailors has little to do with anchoring-and everything to do with stowing. With a well-designed...
Selecting the Right Anchor Size
Over the years Practical Sailor has conducted dozens of anchor tests, and like many publications, we've repeated the common guidance that cruising sailors should...
What Chain Connector Will Fit My Gypsy?
Regarding your recent article on joining chain segments (see Reliable Chain Connections, PS June 2018), I've been coastal cruising from Canada to Panama since...
Mailport: Tourniquets at Sea
Tourniquets at Sea
Anthony Foglio
I'm an emergency medical technician with a local volunteer fire company and wanted to comment on your recent Inside PS blog...
High-Tech Anchor Rode
My primary anchor is a big hunk of steel on an all-chain rode, handled by a windlass. Secure in all bottoms, idiot proof, easy...
Fenders and Lines for Seawalls
To the lubber, tying-up to a bulkhead seems like the simplest of all docking situations. Perhaps with floating docks this is true. You just...
Dodging a Bullet When Caught on Bulkhead
The following is aimed primarily at boats that are unable to leave an alongside dock or bulkhead before wind and seas become dangerous. Any...
Make Your Own Rugged Fender Boards
We described a simple home-built version several years ago (Practical Sailor, December 2011); here we present a few simple upgrades on the same basic...
Reliable Chain Connections
We often get asked about joining two shots of chain together without compromising strength. You have a number of options-including some that are just...
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),...