Boatyard Launch Logistics
Amidst the excitement of launch day—your desire to be back in the water, and the yard’s eagerness to make room for another customer (chaching)—...
New Lifelines for a New Life
Rigger Glenn Mooney of Yacht Riggers in St. Petersburg, Florida has no choice but to be organized. A veteran rigger with more than three...
Rhumb Lines: Memories of Multihulls Big & Small
This month’s study in multihull stability reminded me how deep an impression that first multihull capsize can leave on a sailor. I grew up...
Are We Taking Sailing Tales to the Extreme?
The first issue of our 48th year of publication is as good a time as any to play curmudgeon. So let’s talk about the...
The PS Power Subscriber
Another runner has made it! It’s always nice to get an email or letter from an appreciative reader letting me know they’ve escaped the...
Stay Safe this Spring
The past couple of months I’ve been engaged in an ongoing struggle to remove all the deck paint and primer from Opal, the 1971...
A C-22 Out in the Wild
Many of the most interesting cruising areas in Florida are inaccessible to the average cruising boat. The Florida Bay between the southern tip of...
The Solo Sailor’s Quandary
Whether it is simply the curse of age or my diminished capacity for self-delusion, my efforts at creating a small boat fit for single-handed...
Rhumb Lines: Learning by (Not) Doing
With many of our readers wrapping up their spring pre-launch projects, I thought it would be a good time to offer a brief update...
Rhumb Lines: Salute to the Miracle Glues
In a stick-built boat, a shipwright builds piece-by-piece the interior furnishing—lockers, berths, settees, etc. The interior structures on contemporary boats, by comparison, are often...
Monitor Your Whole Boat From Home On A Mobile App
What if you could monitor your whole boat from home on a mobile app or on your computer? Today, we look at ship monitoring...
