Sails Canvas

There are several places where the flat stuff is the right stuff. Make sure type follows function.

We'd read about problems with terminations in high-modulus line. They're true.

Replacement guidelines for sheets, halyards, and topping lifts.

Toby Ritter of Mamaroneck, NY, has a nice preventer rig aboard his Sparkman & Stephens center-cockpit 48-footer, Tiger Too. He sent us the following...

Figuring the best way to get to the masthead is one of those conundrums seldom resolved.

Our headsail reefing system, anchored by a Profurl C42 furler, has had its share of teething problems, most of which are associated with our...

Our headsail reefing system, anchored by a Profurl C42 furler, has had its share of teething problems, most of which are associated with our...

Harken’s quest for the lightest, easiest-running yacht blocks never ends. Harken makes a huge line of blocks, from tiny “Micro Blocks” with 22 mm...

When seven mechanical backstay adjusters were reviewed (in last falls August 15 issue), a promise was made to examine hydraulic models. As it turns...

In the October 1, 1997 issue, we published a letter from Houston Car of West Bath, Maine, in which he asked how best to...