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Superlight Anchors: Not Just for Racers
How important is an anchor aboard a racing sailboat? Just ask Swiss sailor Bernard Stamm who was disqualified from the 2008-2009 Vendee Globe Around-the-World...
What’s Involved in Setting Up a Lithium Battery System?
Our 2004 Privilege 435 Confianza (Connie for short) came equipped with traditional lead-acid batteries—5 100ah for the house bank and 2 starter batteries. We...
Thinking Through a Solar Power Installation
The practical aspects of your solar panel system will be governed by the design and size of your sailboat, your overall project budget (%...
What Do You Do With Old Fiberglass Boats?
The first second-hand sailboat my husband and I considered as a potential “project boat” was listed for sale on an online classified website in...
Five Best Gloves: Sailing and DIYing in All Weather
Hands take a beating while sailing, from chafe, pressure points, cuts and cold. Hard heads will say “you just need to let the calluses...
Full-Time Ocean Trash Cleanup in the Arctic Circle
On the small island of Bolga in northern Norway, 17 nm north of the Arctic Circle, a 40-ft. catamaran lies at a quay. It...
10 Unexpected and Free ICW Highlights
The unexpected delights along my journey down the ICW were many. Here are ten of my favorites that mostly didn’t cost money.
1) Cruising ambassador...
Pearson Rhodes 41/Rhodes Bounty II Used Sailboat Review
Few designers ever see a set of lines catch on like those belonging to Phil Rhodes classic sloop Altair. Not only did the wooden...
Maine Cat 41 Used Boat Review
Catamarans have long ruled the realm of offshore speed. Indeed, Bruno Peyron's legendary 24-hour run of 732 miles in his twin-hulled Orange II in...
Island Packet 350 Used Boat Review
The current tally of Island Packets—"More than 1,800 sold"—is impressive for any boatbuilding company. Just over 20 years ago the first boats in the...