Patching Screw Holes
Excerpted from Fiberglass Boat Repair Illustrated
Patching a hole above the waterline in a single layer of laminate is relatively simple if the hole is...
Repairing Crazed Gelcoat
Excerpted from Fiberglass Boat Repair Illustrated
On some early fiberglass boats you may encounter crazed gelcoat – that is, gelcoat that has hardened and become...
Hunter 30 Review
The Hunter 30 built from 1974 until 1983 is a John Cherubini design, as was the companion Hunter 27. Over the course of its...
Entry-Level Sailboat Review
The C&C 27 followed quickly on the heels of the successful C&C 35. The design is attributed to 1970, with the first boats coming...
What Is an Entry-Level Cruising Boat?
How do you define “entry-level cruising boat”? How about this: “a boat that lives in the water, on a mooring or in a slip,...
Slow(er) Cooking on Board
Staples of the modern home kitchen, Crock-Pots and rice cookers are time-savers, enabling chefs to prepare long-cooking meals without tending the stove for hours....
Rigging Nomenclature
Excerpt from The Complete Sailor by David Seidman
It’s rigging that reveals the sailboat to be the anachronism it is – a machine lost in...
Draft Stripes
Excerpt from The Complete Sailor by David Seidman
A sail’s airfoil shape is described by its cross section. The imaginary reference line from the luff...
Sailing a Dinghy Without a Centerboard
Centerboards or daggerboards rarely break (although it is possible to lose a daggerboard during a capsize if is not secured to the boat). However,...
Packing the Spinnaker in a Chute or a Pouch
Chute
It is important that the spinnaker is packed correctly in its chute or pouch, bag, or locker before the boat goes afloat. It must...
Which Boats Are Easy to Sail? 7 Features That Matter
What makes a sailboat easy to sail? In this Practical Sailor video, we look at seven features that can make a sailboat easier, safer,...
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Gemini 31/3000 Used Boat Review
The funny thing about the Gemini is that it's an old design. Ken Shaw drew the lines in 1969. There's nothing particularly contemporary about it. However, by painting the cabin sides black (Euro styling), adding a swept-back fiberglass "pilothouse" and gradually adding length to the full-bodied hulls, the Gemini has always looked like she belonged with her contemporaries, whether that was the 1980s or 1990s.
