Marine Antifreeze Problems: When Pink Antifreeze Freezes
There's nothing like buying several $3 bottles of marine antifreeze to protect your $30,000 boat, then coming home to discover the unused bottles frozen...
Loose Ships Sink Sailboats
Two different harbors suffered almost the same fate as Hurricane Irma raked South Florida with hurricane force winds. In both places, tens of thousands...
Preserving Your Nonskid Deck
As we found in our do-it-yourself nonskid test (Practical Sailor, "Do it Yourself Nonskid Test," November, 2013), revamping a nonskid deck is a time...
Earthquake and Tsunami Awareness
PS ContributorsJohn Neal and Amanda Swan Neal of Mahina Expeditions bluewater voyaging school have weathered a few earthquakes and tsunamis in their decades of...
Gelcoat Repairs Revisited
Eventually every owner of a fiberglass boat will have to deal with gelcoat cracks and chips. Fixing these minor blemishes are well within reach...
Towed Water Generators: Are They Worth It?
Towing isn't the only option, though. While I was in South Africa a few years ago, I spoke with the local representative for Duogen...
Navigating Among Coral Islands
For the average cruiser, the half-day passages pose a special challenge. The temptation is to leave early and knock out all the miles in...
Quick and Dirty Repairs to Canvas Fasteners
Snaps are the first failure point on many covers and dodgers. Often the stress cause by repeated shrinking and stretching during wet/dry cycles works...
Farewell to the Wood-Trimmed Boat?
I wasnt surprised to see the new Leadership 44, built by Morris Yachts for the U.S. Coast Guard Academy had only a teak cockpit...
Making Lake Water Safe for Drinking Onboard
Reader David Brezina, who sails a Tartan Ten out of Montrose Harbor, Chicago recently had a question for Practical Sailor regarding drinking water. Like...
Universal Diesel Engines – What You Should Know
This week we take a look at the Universal Diesel Sailboat Engine and its history including the Atomic 4 sailboat engine followed by the...
