The Fundamentals of Mainsail Trim
The article on selecting a cruising mainsail coming up this month (August 2011) offers plenty of advice on choosing a main, but nothing on...
Navigating by iPad Using eSeaChart and ActiveCaptain
Before a short cruise I took last week, I was pretty skeptical of the idea of user-generated, or crowd-sourced, navigation data. The idea that...
Custom Catamaran Loaded with PS Picks
Our favorite PS pick aboard Ice Wars? Serving as a backup to the two electric, freshwater-flush Tecma heads (one with a hot/cold bidet) is...
Whats Happening in the World of Owners Manuals?
Were seeing several errors creep into owners manuals. Many of the mistakes seem to be the lost-in-translation variety, but others seem to be just...
Two Good Sailing Books About Shallow-draft Sailboats
The January issue of Practical Sailor has been up on the home page for a while, and inside the issue you'll find a rather...
Toilet paper, Vacuflush, and a search for PS testers
Last months report on fast-dissolve toilet paper took on a new significance this past week as we began testing Sealands Vacuflush toilets, toilets that...
Summer Dreams, Brad Van Liew, and Moitessier
In New England, the first hint is the fog and tide blowing through open windows and then revealing, at once, the sky. The wash...
Deadly Accident, Swing Keels, and Mandatory PFDs
Two boaters died last week in a boating accident involving some promising young students in Newport News, Virginia. It is a sad story about...
Big Adventures in Small Boats
I've always admired adventurers in small boats. If I were to trace my sea addiction it would likely be to Kon-Tiki, a book that...
Welcome (Part II) and Meet the Skipper
In keeping with this blog's theme of offering a glimpse of what's going on "inside" Practical Sailor, this post-our second since we've revamped the...
How to Clean Your Sail Track
Main sail giving you trouble? If hoisting or taking down your main sail is difficult, main sail track cleaning may be just what you...
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Cheoy Lee Clipper 36 & 42 Used Boat Review
Cheoy Lee Shipyards of Hong Kong has been a commercial builder since the early 1900s and is one of the first molders of fiberglass...