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Diesel-Electric Hybrids Vs. Electric: Sailing’s Auxiliary Power Future

October 14, 2024

Superlight Anchors: Not Just for Racers

October 14, 2024

Island Packet 350 Used Boat Review

October 8, 2024

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Product Hacks: Velcro, Bounce, Anti-Skid Mats and Pool Lights

Cabin Comfort October 7, 2024

Here are a few product hacks to help keep your boat organized, bug free and lit properly. 3M COMMAND© VELCRO® STRIPS If you’re like me and most boat owners, anytime a hole or...

How Much Does it Cost to Have a Sailboat in Georgia?

Subscriber Only October 7, 2024

When planning my trip from Rhode Island down the ICW to the Bahamas, I knew I didn’t want to come all the way back north in one year. I wanted the...

An Argument for Plain Nautical Language

Safety & Seamanship October 7, 2024

I never like writing filled with subtle allegory, puzzles, and hidden meaning. But in the hands of a master, creative use of language is an art that deepens the experience and...

Cold Weather Clothes to Extend the Sailing Season

Foul Weather Gear October 7, 2024

Whether you want to cruise the higher latitudes or extend your sailing season this winter, you'll need to think about clothing. Over the years, Practical Sailor has published a number of...

ICW Gear Must-Haves

Subscriber Only September 30, 2024

After several weeks on the ICW (Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway), I decided that I’d serendipitously bought almost the perfect ICW boat. I can’t take credit for this—it was a happy accident. The...

Five Best Gloves: Sailing and DIYing in All Weather

Personal Gear & Apparel September 30, 2024

Hands take a beating while sailing, from chafe, pressure points, cuts and cold. Hard heads will say “you just need to let the calluses build up,” but my other hobbies are...

Crossing the Atlantic with Kids: Intergenerational Voyaging Tips

Subscriber Only September 30, 2024

“It was Reija who started it all,” smiles Leszek, talking to me from his home in Dublin, Ireland. The idea of crossing the Atlantic had been brewing in grandfather Leszek’s mind for...

Beneteau is one of the few builders (along with perhaps Catalina, Hunter and its own corporate cousin, Jeanneau) whose volume of production can generate significant "economies of scale." Boatbuilding is not,...

Refining Furling Line Fairleads

Running Rigging September 30, 2024

There was a time when headsail handling meant snapping on bronze piston-hanks and hauling on a smooth-running halyard. Times have changed, and now it's all about how the furling drum rotates...

The PDQ 32 Cruising Cat Used Boat Review

Sailboat Reviews September 25, 2024

PDQ Yachts in Whitby, Ontario, Canada, launched the Alan Slater-designed PDQ 32 catamaran in 1994 and built 53 of the boats in the following eight years. The PDQ 32 has proven to...

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Island Packet 350 Used Boat Review

October 8, 2024

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...