Inflatable Boat Fenders Test
DACA Chief Executive Officer Bruce Nelson explained that StowAway fenders are usually used for occasional use or to have as extras."Our fenders are not...
Gear for Battening Down Ahead of Storms
No one need lecture most sailboat owners about the profound dangers of hurricanes and tropical storms. That goes double for those whose boats are...
Extending the Bow: Are Add-on Sprit Kits Worth It?
Already de rigueur with many performance-oriented sailors, easy-to-handle lightweight sails are gaining popularity with cruisers. And setting a gennaker, asymmetric spinnaker, or a new...
Composite Gas Tank
Having had our propane supply run bone-dry at the worst possible time, we were drawn to the translucent composite liquid propane gas (LPG) tanks,...
Singlehanded Sailors Notebook
First sailed in 1978 and held in even-numbered years, the Singlehanded TransPac (SHTP) crosses 2,120 miles of Pacific Ocean from windy San Francisco Bay,...
Windy Ways: Practical Sailor Whips Up 12-Volt Cabin Fan Test
Wherever you are on a hot, humid summer evening-anchored in a cove on a Missouri lake, tied to a dock near Chesapeake Bay, motoring...
A New Tiller Tool
They say necessity is the mother of invention, and that is surely true in the case of the Steer-iT, a well-conceived device that keeps...
New Twist on Furlers: New Generation of Roller-Furling Systems For Light-Air-Sails Skip the Fixed...
Roller furling makes headsail handling a whole lot easier, but it also results in a significant loss in light-air efficiency. This stems from the...
Marine Holding-Tank Sensors: How do you Know When the Black Water Level is at...
Bottom Line: The Smart Mini is a no-frills kit that works well and is the least expensive, but it lacks extra features, and current...
Taming the Main: Sail-Handling Systems for Bigger Mainsails
The mainsail continues to be both the heart of most sailplans, and the bane of many short-handed cruising sailors. In its modern bigger-than-ever context,...
X Yachts X43 Sailboat Tour
Are you interested in a 40 foot performance cruising sailboat? Looking for an X-Yachts sailboat? Join us today for a sailboat tour of the...
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Beneteau 393 Used Boat Review
Beneteau is one of the few builders (along with perhaps Catalina, Hunter and its own corporate cousin, Jeanneau) whose volume of production can generate...