East End Journey: Timing the Barriers to Long Island’s Top Destinations
The East End of New York’s Long Island shelters within its North and South “forks” popular cruising destinations including Greenport, Shelter Island, Sag Harbor,...
Anchor Rode Buyer’s Guide: How to Select the Right Chain or Chain-Line Combination
If your anchor chain is too light, your boat is on the rode to perdition. Forgive the pun, but an inadequate anchor rode (whether...
John Campbell’s North Pacific Rescue
Clip on your safety tether. Far out in the North Pacific, solo sailor John Campbell was about to face the kind of ordeal most...
LFP Battery Temperature Limits: What Sailors Need to Know Before Charging
A new Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery is sold as having a stated storage capacity, such as 100-amp hr. In practice, however, there will...
DC-to-DC Converters and Solar Controllers: Are They Smart Enough for LFP?
In "How to Charge Your LFP Battery the Right Way" we explored the charging needs of LFPs and how smart chargers, fed from shore...
Running a Sailing Charter Business in British Columbia: One Captain’s Adventures
After nearly three years of sailing the Pacific in the 1980s with my family, land life in British Columbia became a placeholder—by 1999, the...
VHF Radio Safety: What Every Sailor Needs to Know Before a Mayday
One of the most important rules while out on the water is to always lend a hand if possible—without risking your own crew and...
How to Charge Your LFP Battery the Right Way
If you are thinking of managing a conversion of your own existing, all lead acid system over to one with a Lithium iron phosphate...
Camera Gear for Cruisers: A Buyer’s Guide
You love sailing. You love (or like) photography, and you want to share some of the spectacular things you find out on the water...
Lithium-Ion and LFP Battery Fires: The Real Risks Sailors Face
Before we consider the safety issues of lithium-ion batteries, we should remember that lead acid batteries are not without risk. Apart from the obvious...
The Perfect Cruising Sailboat | Pacific Seacraft 40
Is the Pacific Seacraft 40 one of the best cruising sailboats ever built for a couple? In this Pacific Seacraft 40 review and sailboat...
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Pearson 35 Used Boat Review
The Pearson 35 was introduced in 1968 and remained in production for the next 14 years. In all, 514 P35s were built, almost all for East Coast and Great Lakes owners attracted by the 35's shoal draft (3' 9" with centerboard up) and "classic" proportions. Even the popular Pearson 30, usually heralded as the enduring boat from a builder otherwise noted for its frequent introductions of new boats and short production runs, remained in production only 10 years, albeit with almost 1,200 boats built.
