Tips to Help You Save on Boat and Yacht Insurance
1. Use an insurance agent. It is fine to do some initial price-checking online, but you likely will pay more acting as your own...
A Sailors Guide to Marine Insurance
· Medical Payments: This provision pays medical expenses (up to a defined limit) resulting from a bodily injury to boat owners or others from...
Recommended Winter Reading
According to Bookfinder.com, Rob White’s “The Lion’s Paw” (1996, A.W. Ink Publishing, $20) was among the most requested out-of-print children’s adventure stories. Originally published...
Bold Predictions from Charlie the Tetra
There you go. Youve wasted another perfectly good year reading Practical Sailor-to borrow a phrase from the Tappet brothers. If 2012 promises to be...
Last-minute Gift Ideas
The Reese SoloHitch isn’t a new product, but it is a practical gift for anyone who likes to sail solo or avoid testy exchanges...
Dear Editor, Please Stop Encouraging My Husband
There is a madness to our methods. And, for better or worse, it is a madness that consumes unfortunate friends, neighbors, and relations who...
How Does the Safety Gear Get to the Man Overboard?
Struggling to remove the number one genoa in a squall, the foredeck man momentarily forgets the "one hand for yourself, one hand for the...
Ethanol Fuel Attacks Outboard Engines, Inboard Engines and Fuel Tanks
Who wouldn’t accept with open arms a renewable product that is produced right here in the United States, reduces our dependency on foreign oil,...
HOW TO BUY A CHEAP SAILBOAT – $20,000 or less!
Buying a sailboat on a budget of $20,000 is easy! Today we’re looking at a Pearson 31, a Hunter 31, a Bristol 29.9, and...
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Catalina 34 Used Boat Review
American sailboat manufacturers have had their highs and lows, and many have dropped right off the map. But Catalina has been going strong for...