How To Choose the Best Heat Source for Your Boat
Have you ever stopped and thought about how many boat heating options there are? It can be over-whelming even for the most experienced technical...
Protecting Your Boat From Lightning Strikes
Most boat owners have only the vaguest idea of what is involved in protecting their boats from lightning damage. Many believe that their boats...
Getting the Charge out of Lightning
Most boat owners have only the vaguest idea of what is involved in protecting their boats from lightning damage. Many believe that their boats...
Before You Buy a Beneteau Watch This First – Hanse 430E...
Thinking about buying a 40–45 foot cruising sailboat? Before you default to a Beneteau, Jeanneau, Catalina, or Hunter, this in-depth Practical Sailor review takes...
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Tartan 33 Used Boat Review
In 1978, Tartan brought out the Tartan Ten, a 33', fairly light, fractionally-rigged "offshore one design." The boat was a huge success: fast, easy to sail, and unencumbered by the design limitations of a rating rule. But the Tartan Ten had one big problem: limited accommodations with stooping headroom, an interior most kindly described as spartan. A hardy crew could take the Tartan Ten on a multi-day race such as the Mackinac, and you might even coax your family aboard for a weekend of camping out. But cruising or extended racing in comfort? Forget it!