Inside Practical Sailor

Florida’s Anchoring Debate Heats Up

Overall, the pilot mooring programs, including one in Practical Sailors home city of Sarasota, are yielding mixed results. In Sarasota, the first set of...

Calling Mayday on an SSB

Based on US Coast Guard statistics, surprisingly few boaters enable the Digital Selective Calling (DSC) function on their VHF radio, or have it operating...

Tackling Fuel Tank Replacement

Patrick Childress October is the time of year when the procrastinating catches up to us. The big projects we avoided all summer stare us in...

The Mystery Chain from China

Were just wrapping up our extensive three-part test of anchor chain and find ourselves caught in a web of intrigue. For the past couple...

Florida Anchoring Survey: Here Today, Gone-

I don't want to come down too hard on the good people at Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission; many of the underpaid, overworked officers...

Aground! Vestas Wind’s Volvo Race Oops

Ive put enough boats on rocks and shoals and had enough near misses to sympathize with the skipper and crew of Vestas Wind, who...

Pocket Cruisers Unite!

I've always been a sucker for pocket cruisers, so when Ken Lange, the owner of International Marine, offered the chance to sail the builders...

Bracing for Cold and Wet Sailing

Although our office is snugly situated on Florida's southwest coast, the challenges of winter and three- or even four-season sailing are never far from...

The Best Sailboats for the High Seas?

At the St. Petersburg Boat Show month last month, I had the pleasure of seeing delivery skipper and author John Kretschmers presentation on what...

40-Footer Boat Tours – With Some Big Surprises! | Boat Tour

Join us at the Miami Boat Show as we get on four 40-footers for boat tours! A Beneteau 37.1, Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 410, Dufour...