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Mailport 06/01/99
SailmakingYour article on the sailmaking industry and sail materials was quite interesting and informative (February 1, 1999). As a naval architect, avid racer and...
Offshore Log: An Evolution in EPIRBs
Sailing shorthanded makes you think a lot about safety. Even after you develop confidence in your boats ability to take what the ocean hands...
Offshore Log: How Simple Is Simple?
Almost inevitably, cruising sailboats are complex creations. At the same time, cruising sailors are obsessed by simplicity. The constant maintenance requirements of the typical...
GAM SS-2 Top Short VHF Antenna
The best VHF radio won’t work without a quality, properly installed antenna. But many boat owners don’t put much effort into choosing one.The meter...
A Custom-fitted Clew Strap
After settling on the material, one of the most basic mainsail design questions is whether to have an attached foot or loose-foot. A sail...
Batteries, Cleaners & More
As a subscriber, you have free access to our back-issue archive-more than 2,000 articles. Here are a few topics you might find relevant this...
Luck and the Urge to Duck
At night, when only the counted seconds between the lightning flash and thunder-crack offer any clue of what is to come, the intertropical convergence...
Special Report: How to Prevent AIS and VHF Antenna Malfunction
Allowing sailors to track nearby shipping traffic and to continuously broadcast their own boats position, the automatic identification system (AIS) transceivers available today have...
Safety Tethers Under Scrutiny
On November 18, 2017, Simon Speirs, an experienced sailor, went overboard while at the bow assisting with a headsail change on a Clipper Round...
Sticky Luff Track Cure
Racers demand lightning-fast hoists. Cruisers tire of the effort required to grind a heavy main up a sticky track. Roller furler foils that have...