Caribbean Bareboat Chartering Basics: Daily Sail Plan
If you’ve read “Bareboat Chartering Basics” and want to delve deeper into the planning process, read on for our March 2025 sail plan, which...
Pre-Purchase or Insurance Survey: Which One Do I Need?
You’ve been bitten by the sailing bug and every spare minute is spent searching online for that perfect vessel. You’ve narrowed it down to...
Bottom Sanding Hack To Save Your Back
If you own an older sailboat, you’ve most likely had the dubious joy of working on the bottom. Perhaps multiple coats of bottom paint...
When Electronics Fail: How to Navigate After Lightning Strikes
Lightning is an anomaly: It strikes wherever and whenever it wants. In my case, it struck me and by boat 200 miles south of...
Antifouling Exposure Risks
One look at the safety data sheet for an antifouling paint, and a quick listen to the controversy surrounding the effects of antifouling paint...
In Search of Better Filters
Presumably, air cleaners are about dusty environments, and dust is a rare thing on the water. But is the engine room actually clean?
We’ve seen...
How I Made My Wooden Wheel
The reader will notice that the title is not “How to Build a Wooden Wheel”. I don’t pretend to be a carpenter or shipwright,...
Ranger 33 Used Boat Review
The Ranger Yacht division of Jensen Marine was created in 1969 to build performance-oriented boats designed by Gary Mull. Jensen’s Cal division had been...
Vendée Globe Technology for the Everest of the Seas
On 14 January, Charlie Dalin crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe 2024-25 race on MACIF Santé Prévoyance, with a record-setting time of...
Martin 16 Used Boat Review
The Martin 16 is designed for adaptive sailing so people with disabilities can easily control sails and steering. It is an excellent choice for...