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Melges 24
If sailboats were defined in human terms, the Melges 24 could easily be described as having the attributes of a precocious three-year-old who hadn’t...
Inflatable PFDs: Know the Ins and Outs
The following is an updated advisory regarding the care and use of personal flotation devices. It's a relatively long post, but if you depend...
Extending the Bow: Are Add-on Sprit Kits Worth It?
Already de rigueur with many performance-oriented sailors, easy-to-handle lightweight sails are gaining popularity with cruisers. And setting a gennaker, asymmetric spinnaker, or a new...
Six-Man Life Raft Test
How to choose a life raft? That is the question we answered in Part I of this series (“Choosing a Life raft,” March 2007)....
Voltmeters for the Dweeb in All of Us
We have among us those who carry around thin, pocket-sized multimeters, so that they can probe this and trace that. Nerd alert! There are...
Inflatable PFDs Put to the Test
On land, we found the Stearns vest easy to don and adjust to fit. Once on, it has a comfortable fit. Like some others,...
Sea Stories
Here's a theory of existence: When you go Aloft, they check you for stories. They want to know what you've tried, noticed, and learned...
Dufour 36 Classic
Dufour Yachts was founded in 1964 in La Rochelle, France, by Michel Dufour, when he introduced a popular 30-footer called the Arpege. The boat...
Walker Bay Dinghies, 8 and 10
It took a moment to decide whether to make this article a boat review or a Chandlery piece—but only a moment. Walker Bay dinghies...
By Way of the Web
Were awash in e-mail here at our editorial offices. We read every letter that comes in, and we copy many to appropriate folders for...