Choosing a Bottom Paint for Dummies
It's easy enough to choose the most effective paint from our semi-annual bottom paint reports, but that paint might not always be the best...
Spotting Buoys
Excerpted from The Art of Seamanship by Ralph Naranjo
Two important pieces of gear help in spotting buoys.
Spotlights. A bright spotlight and a good pair...
11 Keys to Navigation
Excerpted from The Art of Seamanship by Ralph Naranjo
In the book The Art of Seamanship, we discuss these keys to navigation which together form...
Sail Repair
Excerpted from The Art of Seamanship by Ralph Naranjo
We don’t practice the art of repairing sails at sea as much as we used to,...
Making Sure the Right Strings Are Attached
Excerpted from The Art of Seamanship by Ralph Naranjo
Cordage and performance go hand in hand, and when replacing halyards, sheets, guys, toppings lifts, outhauls,...
Attributes of a Good Crewmember
Excerpted from The Art of Seamanship by Ralph Naranjo
Capable crewmembers are attuned to the vessel they’re aboard and the mission it serves. Daysailors, ocean...
Who’s Paying?
Excerpted from Renee D. Petrillo’s A Sail of Two Idiots
In 2006 the boat market was still doing pretty well, if you were a seller....
Hauling Out and DIY
Excerpted from Renee D. Petrillo’s A Sail of Two Idiots
While on Grenada, we discovered that our boat insurance was coming due and that the...
Storm Trysails
A storm trysail rarely gets the close look it deserves. Designed to replace the mainsail in a severe storm, it spends most of its...
Asymmetrical Spinnakers
Asymmetrical spinnakers – “A-sails” as many sailors have grown to refer to them – are in many respects a simplification of the conventional, symmetrical...
Why You Might Regret Buying a Watermaker
Thinking about installing a boat watermaker? Before you buy a marine watermaker, there’s a lot more to understand than gallons per hour. In this...
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Pearson 35 Used Boat Review
The Pearson 35 was introduced in 1968 and remained in production for the next 14 years. In all, 514 P35s were built, almost all for East Coast and Great Lakes owners attracted by the 35's shoal draft (3' 9" with centerboard up) and "classic" proportions. Even the popular Pearson 30, usually heralded as the enduring boat from a builder otherwise noted for its frequent introductions of new boats and short production runs, remained in production only 10 years, albeit with almost 1,200 boats built.
