Special Boatbuying Section:Stick With the Pros On Loans
It’s fun to daydream about rig configuration, gear options, engine type, and navigation gear, but if you’re an earnest boatbuyer, you’re probably going to...
A Look at Sailboat Design: Fin Keels vs. Full Keels
External BallastPerformance-oriented sailors and race-boat designers quickly latched on to hull shapes marked by deep-draft, foil-shaped, high-aspect ratio fin keels. From the late 60s...
San Juan 28
During the 1950s, Robert Clark, an amateur woodworker with a degree in education and a teaching certificate, labored in Toledo, Ohio as a pattern...
Mailport: 12/06
MARINE INSURANCE REDUXI have been reading with much interest your articles about marine insurance this year (April and May 2006). Every year, I look...
Freedom 30
The Freedom 30 grew out of something called the "Freedom Philosophy." Getting its start somewhat significantly in the Bicentennial Year of 1976, this philosophy...
Island Trader 37/38
During the late 1970s, when Taiwan-built boats began to appear on the U.S. market in in creasing numbers, few boats better illustrated the Far...
Any Boat They Can Build, You Can Make Better
When the 28’ Pearson Triton appeared on the market in 1959, a revolution began in the boatbuilding industry. Fiberglass made economical mass production of...
All is Lost and Found
A photographer friend stumbled upon this photo of my wife, Theresa, from our cruising days. It was taken in Fiji around 1995. She doesn't...
C&C 99
Following a major financial and organizational restructuring precipitated by the boatbuilding downturn in the 1980s, a revitalized Fairport Yachts, Ltd. recently became the first...
Finngulf 37
Sailors who are enamored with performance, European styling, and the interior joinery and construction standards you expect from Scandinavian craftsmen should take a close...
The Great Loop – The Basics
Join us this week as we discuss taking a sailboat around North America's great boating adventure - The Great Loop. We discuss advice from...
