Sails, Rigging & Deck Gear

Bungee Lanyards Take the Shock Out of Tools Dropped from the Mast

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Shock Cord Hardware for Sailors

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Stitching Awl vs. Leather Palm for Sail Repair

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PS Advisor: Belaying Safety for Mast Climbing

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Damage Control at Sea

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Checking Rope Strength

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Stopping Mainsheet Twist

The dinghy requires a gorilla to hoist onto the davits. The mainsheet won’t release in a gust. The internal reefing line inside the boom...

Revive Your Mast Like a Pro

Unobtainium is the metal at the top of every Naval Architect’s wish list. It’s a perfect marine material; light, strong, stiff yet flexible—it’s as...

Anchor Trip-line Tricks

An anchor trip line is a stout line connected from the after end of the anchor fluke to a marker buoy so that the...

Shock Cord Test Looks at Long Life

We’re sailors and we know our knots. We don’t use bungees to avoid lashings or because we don’t have enough old rope lying about...