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Solid Choices for LED Cabin Lights

Belowdecks & Amenities
Photos by Ralph Naranjo After several fits and starts, the LED lighting revolution has hit its full stride. Sure, el cheapo LEDs with their flickering beams and buzzing radio frequency interference (RFI)...

Making Your Own Workshop Filter

DIY Projects
It all started when I needed to make a number of large cuts inside the house and outside of the confines of my shop. It was snowing outside, my wife was...

Caribbean Bareboat Chartering Basics: Daily Sail Plan

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If you’ve read “Bareboat Chartering Basics” and want to delve deeper into the planning process, read on for our March 2025 sail plan, which may inspire your own. We booked our boat,...

Pre-Purchase or Insurance Survey: Which One Do I Need?

Boat Maintenance
You’ve been bitten by the sailing bug and every spare minute is spent searching online for that perfect vessel. You’ve narrowed it down to a few. One of them is located...

Bottom Sanding Hack To Save Your Back

Boat Maintenance
If you own an older sailboat, you’ve most likely had the dubious joy of working on the bottom. Perhaps multiple coats of bottom paint have started to peel and need attention....

Catalina 34 Used Boat Review

Sailboat Reviews
American sailboat manufacturers have had their highs and lows, and many have dropped right off the map. But Catalina has been going strong for decades, and looks to be gearing up...

When Electronics Fail: How to Navigate After Lightning Strikes

Marine Electronics
Lightning is an anomaly: It strikes wherever and whenever it wants. In my case, it struck me and by boat 200 miles south of Central America in 2011, on a glorious...

Antifouling Exposure Risks

Boat Maintenance
One look at the safety data sheet for an antifouling paint, and a quick listen to the controversy surrounding the effects of antifouling paint on marine life, and you should be...

In Search of Better Filters

Boat Maintenance
Presumably, air cleaners are about dusty environments, and dust is a rare thing on the water. But is the engine room actually clean? We’ve seen a lot of dust from V-belts and...

How I Made My Wooden Wheel

DIY Projects
The reader will notice that the title is not “How to Build a Wooden Wheel”. I don’t pretend to be a carpenter or shipwright, and have limited skills and tools. And...

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Abandon Ship! Coast Guard Rescue Beneteau 523 in the Atlantic

What would cause the captain and crew to abandon ship in the Atlantic ocean? There was no sailboat disaster here, but a coast guard...
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J/109 Used Boat Review

The J/109 is a 35-ft. boat that races well and has some comforts for short term cruising. It is a true racer/cruiser. The first...
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