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The Boat Show Survival Guide
A few years back at the marvelous Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend, Washington (held every September), I was reminded of the hidden dangers...
Estimating Solar Panel Size for Boats
The starting point for a successful solar panel installation is quantifying your requirements. We present here a simple analysis based on the test boat...
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 (%...
Getting a Clue for the Blown-Out Clew
How do you manage major sail repairs in remote locations? By using whatever you have onboard to get you home—or beyond.
After an easy three-day...
2017 Top Sailing Gear
Scott Rapid Dissolve Toilet PaperFollowing a carefully considered protocol that is not worth delving into here, testers took a second look at toilet paper...
Practical Sailor Looks at Sailing Schools
It seems there are nearly as many reasons to attend a sailing school as there are schools. Some sailors take classes to improve their...
Practical Sailor Reviews Seven Performance-Sailing Dinghies
SunfishDesigned in 1951 by ice boaters Alexander Bryan and Cortland Heyniger, the hard chine Sunfish was the prototype board boat. In 1959, it made...
Bargain-priced Sailing Clothes for Cold Weather
The first real winter blast of the year poked south of the 25th parallel this week, as sun-seeking sailors as far south as the...
Practical Sailor Tests 12 sets of Performance Sailing Gloves
2)]Like several other models tested, West Marine’s glove provides a double layer of Amara on the heel, but that double layering doesn’t extend as...
Bracing for Cold and Wet Sailing
Although our office is snugly situated on Floridas southwest coast, the challenges of winter and three- or even four-season sailing are never far from...