Old Salts Anti-chafe Solution
Whether laced on for short-term use or stitched more permanently in place, the leather rode smoothly in chocks and prevented the hard edge of...
Design For: Winch Handles
Making spare winch handles is a simple job for a competent metal worker. This I discovered because our Norlin designed Scampi, Windhover, has eight...
Design For: Cockpit Foot Brace
Modern yachts are frequently advertised as having spacious cockpits: and, indeed, they do. But it doesn't take many afternoons of sailing to discover that...
Metal Chafe Plates: Functional Remedy for Scrapes and Scratches
What do you do when the pin in the leg of your folding cabin table digs up the cabin sole? What do you do...
Design for: Through-Deck Fittings for Coaxial Cable
Sealing the holes in decks where Loran and VHF antenna cables penetrate is a fairly common problem on modern boats. If there were only...
No Supermarket At Sea
Cooking at sea has never been easy and is usually looked upon as a dull, but necessary task. Nothing can spur the queasy stomach...
Taming the Wild Boom: Two Designs for a Gallows
A wildly flailing boom is one of the most dangerous objects aboard a sailboat. If you could completely control the boom at anchor and...
Design For: Tableware Storage
One solution to the problem of tableware stowage is a bulkhead rack of the type commonly available from marine chandleries and discount houses. If...
Design For: A Dock Box
Whether by choice or force of circumstance, increasing numbers of us are sailing out of marina slips rather than off moorings. For anyone using...
Design For: Stern Rail Mount Work Surface
For those who enjoy fishing or charcoal cooking, here's a design for a stern rail mount work surface useful for fish cleaning and meat...
Beneteau 423: What You Should Know | Boat Review
Looking to buy a 40-45 foot sailboat? Considering a Beneteau 423? See a Beneteau 423 for sale? What are the pros and cons of...
