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 tests and reports on garments that we can count on to keep us warm when the wind chill dips toward freezing. In this report, we’ll take a broader look at the essentials, focusing on the first principles; under layers, accessories, how to wear them, and what materials stay dry.
Personal Gear & Apparel
We’ve ruined as much gear through improper and inadequate care as we have through use. Proper care isn’t about appearance, it’s about function.
Sails, Rigging & Deck Gear
Polyester has long been the workhorse sail fabric; durable, easy to sew and handle, and relatively stretch resistant. It is also relatively easier to repair (see “Sail Repair Tapes vs. Glues,” PS November 2017). Racers needed something that was lighter and held an...
Sails, Rigging & Deck Gear
As outlined in our previous report on lifelines, high modulus polyethylene (HMPE) fiber rope has revolutionized sailboat rigging during the past decade (see “Fiber lifeline Protection Plan,” PS September 2015 online), however sailors aren’t the only ones benefitting...
November 08, 2018
Perhaps the best reason to touch-up or add a coat of varnish in the fall is to avoid having to do it in the spring, when you are anxious to get back in the water and have so many other critical tasks to carry out. But once your varnish work is done, what do you do with partially full cans that you don’t want to go bad?
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