Product Test: Heavyweight Cruising Anchors for Challenging Anchorages
One of a cruising anchors most important traits is its ability to set easily (and reset after a wind shift) in the widest possible...
Best Boating Knives
Hold the Redi-Edge on a flat surface and lightly draw the knife edge through the 20-degree edge angle formed by two small, hardened cutting...
Water-Proofing Gear from Underwater Kinetics
There are those among us who tend to go through cell-phones and other small electronics like candy. Most anything not tied to the boat...
Alarming Trend Shows Minimal-duty Windlasses Becoming More Common on Cruising Sailboats
There was a time when "built to last" was the bold theme that drove marine manufacturing. Cast bronze cleats, stem fittings, and other simple...
Farewell to Skip Allan’s S/V Wildflower
Anyone who has ever run before a gale knows how exhilarating it can be. On the right boat, in the right conditions, the adrenaline...
Farewell to Skip Allans S/V Wildflower
Anyone who has ever run before a gale knows how exhilarating it can be. On the right boat, in the right conditions, the adrenaline...
Snatch Block Test Update
Although it has a comparatively small sheave diameter (1.75 inches), the RF-6831 can handle loads up to 3,310 pounds, which is on par with...
A Tale of Two Trysails
A storm trysail rarely gets the close look it deserves. Designed to replace the mainsail in a severe storm, it spends most of its...
Small-Boat Refit: Practical Sailor’s Catalina 22 Gets a Keel Overhaul
One of the most common problem areas on older boats is where water and metal meet. Bury that metal in poorly sealed fiberglass, or...
Small-Boat Refit: Practical Sailors Catalina 22 Gets a Keel Overhaul
One of the most common problem areas on older boats is where water and metal meet. Bury that metal in poorly sealed fiberglass, or...
Com-Pac Sailboats – Everything You Need to Know
Are you looking for a trailerable sailboat? With Com-Pac's Mastendr system and stainless-steel centerboards, they might be the best trailer sailboats of all! Com-Pac...
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More than a few years ago my wife Carey and I were looking to move up from our O’Day 25 to something a little...