Jackline Materials Evaluation
Most offshore sailors are familiar with jacklines, those long lines-typically made of high-strength, low-stretch webbing-that run along the deck, offering a convenient way for...
GPS Precision Cant Replace the Navigator
Pinpoint navigation is a pipedream that the industry has been silent about for way too long. Just read the I accept contract on your...
Offshore Log: Return to the Tropics
Surely by the time we reached the tropics, Olga would be history... But as we worked southwest, then turned almost due west a few...
Wrestling With PFDs
We have a good article on PFDs this month, and it's worried me every time I've looked at it. These worries can probably be...
Offshore Log:More Gear for the New Year
It's hard to believe that when we took off around the world just seven years ago, Calypso was one of the few sailboats of...
Rethinking the Use of Inflatable PFDs
In the early 1800s Norwegian sailors started wearing cork filled vests dubbed the Seamans Friend. And over the next two centuries, life jacket design...
Rhumb Lines: The Sailing Cure
This summer is shaping up to be a strange one—a pandemic moving through the land and an economy reeling from its strains. And now...
West Marine Updates Recalled Tether
All of the recalled tethers have been removed from retail outlets, according to West Marine Assistant Vice President of Merchandising Kevin Osborn. Customers who...
Surviving the Great Hurricane
Would the owner of the boat pictured below please call or write me again? I imagine by now, in the wake of Harvey and...
Offshore Log:Big Change in the Foretriangle
Although Calypso is rigged as a cutter, we sail her as a sloop. Most of the time we use the genoa, reducing its area...
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...
