Sailboat Jackline Test

Whatever jackline system is used, it should be supplemented with fixed clip-in points in the cockpit, at the helm, and around the mast-wherever crew...

The Cruising Sailor’s Drivetrain

after approximately seven years, which means that we have just fitted our third unit. The first one is still onboard as a spare and...

The Cruising Sailor’s Drivetrain

  Andy O'Grady and wife Ulla Norlander have sailed their 42-foot gaff cutter Balaena to the far corners of the planet. At the end of 1999,...

Sailing Safety Tethers: Tested and Reviewed

The primary purpose of the safety harness tether, the vital link between you and the boat, is to keep the wearer aboard, not dragging...

Riding the ‘A’-train

Almost every production-built boat that PS editors and contributors go aboard these days has an inventory that includes an asymmetrical spinnaker. That isn’t a...

Riding the ‘A’-train

Almost every production-built boat that PS editors and contributors go aboard these days has an inventory that includes an asymmetrical spinnaker. That isn’t a...

A Fistful of Splicing Fids

While pre-spliced lines are easy to come by these days through marine chandleries, riggers, or the major rope suppliers, the sailors art of splicing...

Seven Muscular Winches

The origin of the magnificent machine called a winch is obscure. It ranks almost as high as the lever, which can provide unlimited mechanical...

Garhauer Launches Hefty New Traveler

All the components of this system—end fittings, mainsheet connection shackles, sheaves, etc.—are fixed in place using stainless bolts with hex heads. Except for the...

Clutch Play

A book could be written about the ways sailors have struggled with the bitter end of a rope. Many are the devices seamen have...

Lagoon’s WILD NEW 43 Footer is Replacing the 42!

Are you interested in chartering a catamaran sailboat? This is Lagoons new entry level cat. The 43, and while you can still buy a...

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Cape Dory 30 Used Boat Review

When the Cape Dory 30 entered production in 1976, it was the largest boat in the expanding line of the Taunton, Massachusetts boatbuilder. In...