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Trouble-free Deck Hardware Installation

Genoa Track UpgradeUpgrading your genoa-sheet adjustment system can be as simple as slipping a new car, control blocks, and end stops onto the existing...

Clipper Fatality Highlights Adventure Sail Risks

This adventure sail event was concieved by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston in 1995, and over the next two decades the race has been run under...

Check Your Safety Tethers

6. The tether snap-hook, at the boat-end of the tether, should be attached to a jackline or padeye designated for that purpose. Our preliminary...

Coast Guard Nav Light Safety Alert

The U.S. Coast Guard has determined that an increasing number navigation lights being used on sailboats do not meet the basic requirements for these...

Converters and Connectors Round Out the Expenses

Although wireless systems have gradually made their way aboard modern cruising boats, hard-wiring remains an essential part of most systems, especially when you are...

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New Safety Switches for Outboard Motors

Buried deep within the recesses of the 2020 US Coast Guard reauthorization bill is a requirement that if a boat is planing or moving...

Rescue at Sea Meets High Tech

Disasters at sea always grab big headlines. But very few of these accounts deliver as much good news and valuable lessons learned as the...