Practical Sailor Classic: The Load on Your Rode
Without really meaning to, over the past several years, Practical Sailor has acquired a considerable reputation for testing anchors and anchoring gear. On more...
Anchor Rodes for Smaller Sailboats
The usual advice for anyone seeking all-rope anchor rode is usually to just get some three-strand nylon anchor. The makes sense. Three-strand nylon is...
Ground Tackle Inspection Tips
Your anchoring system is only as strong as its weakest component, which includes not only the rode, but also shackles, splices, mooring bitts, cleats—in...
Shoe Goo II Excels for Quick Sail Repairs
After various test during the last few years, we’ve found that sail repair tapes have proven durable for minor reinforcements and repairing worn spots...
When Should We Retire Dyneema Stays and Running Rigging?
About a decade ago, like many sailors, we began replacing wire and low-stretch double braid ropes with super strong single-braid ropes. These ropes were...
Rethinking MOB Prevention
Man overboard gear standards are behind the times because the sample size is tiny and the facts surrounding an accident are often clouded and...
Top-notch Wind Indicators
That fragile plastic wind vane at the masthead looks like a child's toy to a lubber. Its a nautical curiosity perched at the top...
The Everlasting Multihull Trampoline
Multihulls commonly have net or webbing trampolines that cover the large areas of deck. The trampoline is vital to both performance and seaworthiness. It...
In Search of the Snag-free Clew
Asmooth tack can be a thing of beauty, until a sheet hangs up and ruins it. A crew member must run forward to free...
The Cruising Sailor’s Argument for High-tech Fibers
We’re not racers. A few ounces doesn’t matter to us, so why should we be interested in Dyneema, or any of the other popular...
The Cheap Big Cruising Sailboat – Endeavour 42
Interested in a 40-45 foot cruising sailboat? Sailing Florida or the Bahamas and need a shoal draft sailboat that’s big enough to be a...
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Cheoy Lee Clipper 36 & 42 Used Boat Review
Cheoy Lee Shipyards of Hong Kong has been a commercial builder since the early 1900s and is one of the first molders of fiberglass...