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,...
Riding Sails to Tame Those Anchor-Dancing Boats
Practical Sailor recently evaluated a radically new designed riding sail, the FinDelta Anchoring Sail from Banner Bay Marine, which uses three panels instead of...
Used Nylon Three-Strand Rope Faces The Ultimate Endurance Test
Nylon three-strand dock lines, anchor rodes, and mooring pendants are the sailors safety net, so to speak, and have been for nearly a century....
Practical Sailor Test Boat Gets Half a Refit With Powerlite PBO Rigging
Although stainless steel wire and rod rigging are still the traditional, most popular, and economical material of choice for mast rigging, metal is rapidly...
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 Sailors 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...
Full Tour of this IMPRESSIVE Sailboat – The Jeanneau Yachts 55
Are you shopping for a world cruising 55 foot sailboat? At this years Miami International Boat show we caught up with Jeanneau and toured...
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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...