Small Boats in the New Economy
Im not sure whether boatbuilder and businessman Kevin Jeffrey had British economist E.F. Schumachers 1973 collection of essays Small is Beautiful: Economics as if...
Foil-less Furlers Test
Facnor fx2500The initial enthusiasm we had about the Facnor FX2500 in the 2008 test hasn't waned a bit. During our long-term test of the...
Light-air Sailing with a Twist
Today’s breed of well-engineered, conventional, slotted-luff headsail furlers affords a wonderful home for the compromise genoa—a 12- to 25-knot, easy to handle, 120-135 percent...
Furling Gear Break Down
All of the latest endless-line furlers that we’ve seen have greatly improved on older designs’ latch-and-catch systems.1. & 2. The Profurl NEX 2.5’s clevis-like...
PS Advisor: Pondering the Keel-ectomy
My wife and I have moved our O’Day 39 to the Oriental area of North Carolina. We have the three-cabin version without the formal...
Anchor Lockers II
1. When a boat is floating at rest, an anchor locker drain should be able to shed all water in the locker. Residual water...
Anchor Lockers Part I
The contemporary anchor locker setup favors clear-deck convenience. This compromise can have some serious disadvantages. As with most things on sailboats, boat owners/buyers have...
Sealing Anchor Chain Spill Pipes
Anchor lockers are a convenience to coastal cruisers but no friend to offshore sailors. Passagemakers often forgo a deck-clearing locker for a belowdecks anchor-chain...
A Look At Anchor Lockers
At first glance, having an on-deck anchor locker looks as practical as having a trunk in an automobile. It appears to be a great...
Chandlery: March 2011
In our December 2007 review of small flashlights, we found that although the lights with LED bulbs were typically brighter and required less power...
The History of Cape Dory Sailboats
Cape Dory Yachts was founded in 1963 by Andrew Vavolotis in East Taunton, Mass. In the following 28 years, the company built over 2,800...
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Catalina 22 Used Boat Review
In its 10th anniversary issue in 1980, Sail magazine named the Catalina 22 the boat that had represented the breakthrough in trailer/cruisers in those...