Marine Electronics

Nav Software: Visual Navigation Suite vs. The Cap’n

A close examination of each charting program favors Visual Navigation Suite’s vector charts over The Cap’n’s raster charts.

Nav Software: Visual Navigation Suite vs. The Cap’n

A close examination of each charting program favors Visual Navigation Suite’s vector charts over The Cap’n’s raster charts.

Offshore Log: Essential Forecasting Tools

Our years of sailing in New England and the Caribbean, with their stable, predictable weather patterns, left us ill-prepared to deal with the vagaries...

Light Dimmer and Motor Controller

Occasionally, there are times when you would like to control the lighting brightness in the cabin-intimate settings, night sailing without adequate red lights in...

You Can’t Insure Old Sailboats… Right?

Are older sailboats really uninsurable? If you’ve been shopping for a 20, 30, or even 40-year-old sailboat, you’ve probably seen the warnings online: “Insurance...

Latest Sailboat Review

Irwin Citation 38 Used Boat Review

As the largest of the Citations, the Irwin Citation 38 is probably the best looking, handling the high-sidedness better than her smaller sisters. The boat has three windows set in the sheer stripe on each side, so they are not very noticeable. Like the other Citations it is distinctly modern-looking not pretty, but not ugly either.