11 Keys to Navigation
Excerpted from The Art of Seamanship by Ralph Naranjo
In the book The Art of Seamanship, we discuss these keys to navigation which together form...
Sail Repair
Excerpted from The Art of Seamanship by Ralph Naranjo
We don’t practice the art of repairing sails at sea as much as we used to,...
Making Sure the Right Strings Are Attached
Excerpted from The Art of Seamanship by Ralph Naranjo
Cordage and performance go hand in hand, and when replacing halyards, sheets, guys, toppings lifts, outhauls,...
Attributes of a Good Crewmember
Excerpted from The Art of Seamanship by Ralph Naranjo
Capable crewmembers are attuned to the vessel they’re aboard and the mission it serves. Daysailors, ocean...
Who’s Paying?
Excerpted from Renee D. Petrillo’s A Sail of Two Idiots
In 2006 the boat market was still doing pretty well, if you were a seller....
Hauling Out and DIY
Excerpted from Renee D. Petrillo’s A Sail of Two Idiots
While on Grenada, we discovered that our boat insurance was coming due and that the...
Storm Trysails
A storm trysail rarely gets the close look it deserves. Designed to replace the mainsail in a severe storm, it spends most of its...
Asymmetrical Spinnakers
Asymmetrical spinnakers – “A-sails” as many sailors have grown to refer to them – are in many respects a simplification of the conventional, symmetrical...
Playing the Musical Sails Game
While having a robust sail inventory is considered a must on most racing sailboats, it’s often thought to be more of a luxury for...
String Theory
Sails are a fascinating engineering statement, and when all is said and done, what’s sought after is the lightest material possible that will neither...
Leopard Catamaran Delamination – Leopard 42 Boat Review
Are you interested in a cruising catamaran sailboat? Today we discuss the Leopard 42 and the Lagoon 42. One company is owned by Beneteau,...
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Hans Christian 34/36
The story of the Hans Christian 34 and 36, and their successors, is a microcosm of the history of the Taiwan/U.S. boatbuilding industry. That...