Hunter 30 Review
The Hunter 30 built from 1974 until 1983 is a John Cherubini design, as was the companion Hunter 27. Over the course of its...
Entry-Level Sailboat Review
The C&C 27 followed quickly on the heels of the successful C&C 35. The design is attributed to 1970, with the first boats coming...
What Is an Entry-Level Cruising Boat?
How do you define “entry-level cruising boat”? How about this: “a boat that lives in the water, on a mooring or in a slip,...
Slow(er) Cooking on Board
Staples of the modern home kitchen, Crock-Pots and rice cookers are time-savers, enabling chefs to prepare long-cooking meals without tending the stove for hours....
Rigging Nomenclature
Excerpt from The Complete Sailor by David Seidman
It’s rigging that reveals the sailboat to be the anachronism it is – a machine lost in...
Draft Stripes
Excerpt from The Complete Sailor by David Seidman
A sail’s airfoil shape is described by its cross section. The imaginary reference line from the luff...
Sailing a Dinghy Without a Centerboard
Centerboards or daggerboards rarely break (although it is possible to lose a daggerboard during a capsize if is not secured to the boat). However,...
Packing the Spinnaker in a Chute or a Pouch
Chute
It is important that the spinnaker is packed correctly in its chute or pouch, bag, or locker before the boat goes afloat. It must...
Swinging the Compass
You can employ a compass adjuster to swing your compass or you can do it yourself quite easily. There are several ways to do...
Choosing and Using Binoculars
Buy the best binoculars you can afford, perhaps having a cheaper second pair for general crew use. Strong, waterproof binoculars with a rubber coating...
A Fast Small Sailboat from Saffier
If you're looking for a fast sailboat to use as a day sailer, then Saffier Yachts may have just the sailboat to buy. With...
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The first fiberglass auxiliary sailboats were built in the late 1950s; for the record, the first was the 40-foot Philip Rhodes-designed Bounty II (1956),...