How To Change Your Sailboat Engine Mounts
Do you have engine vibration on your sailboat? Are you worried about prop shaft alignment or vibration? Checking, inspecting, and changing your sailboat engine...
The Loss of Sailing Vessel Solution in the North Atlantic
A sinking sailboat, an engine that won’t start, a crew member injured. Captain Bacon on sailing vessel Solution was faced with an impossible decision...
How to Clean Your Sail Track
Main sail giving you trouble? If hoisting or taking down your main sail is difficult, main sail track cleaning may be just what you...
The Cheap Big Cruising Sailboat – Endeavour 42
Interested in a 40-45 foot cruising sailboat? Sailing Florida or the Bahamas and need a shoal draft sailboat that’s big enough to be a...
Marine VHF Radio – What You Need to Know
Learning how to use a marine VHF radio is important for your safety but new marine VHF technology like DSC and AIS makes VHF...
Pearson 37 & 37-2 – Behind the Curtain
Are you interested in a racer cruiser sailboat like the Pearson 37 and Pearson 37-2? This week we dive into a boat review of...
How To Test a Boat Engine
Is your boat's engine not starting or running rough? Are you buying a boat and want to test the engine before making the purchase?...
Hunter Legend 35.5 – Behind the Curtain
Are you interested in a 32-36 foot sailboat that's small enough to sail as a couple, big enough to sleep on comfortably, fast enough...
Whipping Line On Your Sailboat
This week Marc shows us how to whip line for your sailboat's running rigging. Frayed rope lines can ruin your running rigging and Marc...
Hallberg Rassy 42 – Behind the Curtain
Are you interested in the Hallberg-Rassy 42 cruising sailboat? Looking at buying a Hallberg-Rassy sailboat? In this video we look at the flush decked...
Latest Logbook
Practical Sailor Logbook – September 2026
This month we tour the Hans Christian 48T — the offshore cruiser many sailors call the holy grail — walk the custom Antigua 60...
Video: Morgan 44 Review – The Catalina Cruiser Everyone Forgot
The 1989 Morgan 44 is a big center-cockpit cruising sailboat with Catalina DNA—but it may be one of the most overlooked boats of its...
Latest Sailboat Reviews
Bayfield 32 Used Boat Review
At first glance, the Bayfield 32 looks less like a fiberglass production boat from the 1980s and more like somebody shrank a traditional sailing...
