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...

Can a Normal Sailor Actually Buy a Foiling Dinghy Now?

Foiling sailboats used to belong to the extreme edge of the sport: America’s Cup teams, SailGP, Olympic sailors, Moths, kite foilers, and high-performance racing...

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