Details from a Delivery
There's time to contemplate some design details on a delivery from Tortola to Maine, via Bermuda.
In Praise of the Bucket
In our discussion of the Wonder Wash machine in Chandlery this month, we note that on small boats, things often need to serve more...
Walking the Beat
I imagine it's like this with city police as they walk their beat: Check the beauty parlor window to see if Dan is...
Chandlery: 07/15/02
Batstat 300 Battery MonitorThere are items on our boats that we tend to ignore and take for granted until something happens. One of these...
Donna, Voice of the Wind
In these parts of New England, we envy the people of the Chesapeake, for while we have The Box, they have The Woman....
Multihulls
Bob Gleason's letter in Mailport this month has prompted one of my favorite boat fantasies (for those who can afford to dream lavishly,...
Fertile Fallout
We lost a relatively new subscriber a few months ago. Something we said had vexed him, and he wanted me to know he...
Schenker Watermaker
There's no doubt that a watermaker is one of the key pieces of equipment on the modern long-range cruiser. The Village Marine Little Wonder—one...
After 38,000 Miles
As designers and boatbuilders, over the years we've found it helpful to build "test beds" to check new design ideas and systems. We've usually...
Tools and Bilges
We have an article on off-the-shelf toolkits this month. Some kits are better than others, and one or two might even be worth buying...
Bayfield 32 Boat Tour – The Canadian Cruiser That Crossed the...
In this Bayfield 32 boat tour, we explore the deck, cockpit, cabin layout, galley, sleeping accommodations, construction and sailing characteristics. We also look at...
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DIY Survey Checklist for Used-Boat Buying
Boat buying is an exciting, maddening exercise that can test the tolerance of even the most patient sailor. Most of the maddening part has to do with trying to ferret out a boats problems before buying it-and making the problems your own. Hiring a professional marine surveyor can be expensive when youre looking at multiple boats, so save yourself some money-and potential heartache-by learning how to examine a used sailboat, from stem to stern and mast to bilge. Practical Sailors DIY survey how-to details common problem areas (like engines and rigging), what issues are easy to remedy, and what red flags you should walk away from.
