Making a Safe Landfall
I feel for the crew of Tanda Malaika, a family of six whose 46-foot Leopard catamaran was lost on a reef on the southwest...
Skipper Recounts Capsize 57-foot Atlantic Cat
Charles Nethersole has been a professional sailor for decades, and in addition to racing commitments and deliveries, hes accrued 14 years of sea time...
Multihull Special Report
In Part 1 of our special report on multihulls we scrutinized the implications of stability and the benefits derived form a wide stance, buoyancy...
Controlling Jibes With Boom Brakes
Ten years ago, you may recall having seen the Walder boom brake demonstrated at sailboat shows. There wasn't anything quite like it. The device...
Strategy to Fight Seasickness
Getting over seasickness as quickly as possible must be the focus and responsibility of all on board. Having dealt with 400 seasick sailors (out...
The Best Prevention is a Preventer
Ideally, you don't put yourself in a position where an accidental jibe can happen, but even an experienced sailor can get caught off guard...
Tools to Tame the Jibe
The loads of a flying jibe in late summer squall are enough to shred sails, rip out deck or boom fittings, bend or break...
Ideal Drogue setup will require experiments
For maximum maneuverability, the control lines-one port, one starboard-should attach at the widest part of the boat. This maximizes leverage and places the effort...
Cruising Guides
Pavlidis Northern Bahamas GuideGeared toward Bahamas-bound sailors, the extremely popular A Cruising Guide to: The Northern Bahamas (revised edition Volume 1) was written in...
Resources for Cruising to Cuba
Although Cuba is terra incognita for many Americans, it has been a popular destination for Canadian and European cruisers for more than a decade....
The BEST and WORST Boat Washing Machines
Are you looking into how to wash clothes on a boat? I set out to figure out which washing machine to install on my...
Latest Sailboat Review
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...