Winterizing Your Sailboat
For many, it’s time to think about winterizing. It is far better to perform most routine maintenance at the end of the season when...
Rig Inspections
Early Asian-built sailboats had hardware and fittings especially tangs and turnbuckles that came from backyard foundries where little or no concern was given to...
Boat Clinic: Tuning the Masthead Rig
Tuning the rig of a boat is one of the necessary — and unpleasant — tasks that must be done to achieve good boat...
How Much Heat Do You Need?
Have you ever stopped and thought about how many boat heating options there are? It can be over-whelming even for the most experienced technical...
Factors To Consider When Heating Your Boat
Have you ever stopped and thought about how many boat heating options there are? It can be over-whelming even for the most experienced technical...
How To Choose the Best Heat Source for Your Boat
Have you ever stopped and thought about how many boat heating options there are? It can be over-whelming even for the most experienced technical...
Protecting Your Boat From Lightning Strikes
Most boat owners have only the vaguest idea of what is involved in protecting their boats from lightning damage. Many believe that their boats...
Getting the Charge out of Lightning
Most boat owners have only the vaguest idea of what is involved in protecting their boats from lightning damage. Many believe that their boats...
Choosing a Bottom Paint for Dummies
It's easy enough to choose the most effective paint from our semi-annual bottom paint reports, but that paint might not always be the best...
Spotting Buoys
Excerpted from The Art of Seamanship by Ralph Naranjo
Two important pieces of gear help in spotting buoys.
Spotlights. A bright spotlight and a good pair...
24 Knot Speed Trimaran – The Dragonfly 40 Ultimate
Most people who want to go cruising to tropical destinations on a sailboat buy a Beneteau or Dufour, but those who want an extremely...
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Catalina 42 Mk I and Mk II
Under the guidance of Frank Butler, who founded the company in 1969, Catalina Yachts’ philosophy is to offer “as much boat for the money...