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Do-It-Yourself Water Filtration
One of the first things that you realize after a few seasons of cruising is that approaches to life aboard vary between two wide...
Do-It-Yourself Bird Deterrents
As we found in our last major test of bird deterrents, there is no perfect solution for every bird problem, but we've come across...
The Do-it-Yourself Sail Track Cleaner
Racers demand lightning-fast hoists. Cruisers tire of the effort required to grind a heavy main up a sticky track. Roller furler foils that have...
Sailboat Do-it-Yourself Rig Survey
Several subscribers who read my recent blog post regarding stainless steel corrosion, “Detecting and Dealing with Stainless Steel Corrosion” asked if we had any...
Make Your Own Dinghy Wheels
As I creaked into action this spring, juggling refit projects like chainsaws, each one intent on drawing blood, I found I'm suddenly not as...
Choosing a Boat Broker
A few years ago, we looked at how a do-it-yourself boat sale can save thousands of dollars that would ordinarily go to a broker....
Dealing with Dirty Sails
If you've been looking for Practical Sailor's guidance on sail-cleaning, this blog post is a good place to start.
We published a PS Advisor on...
Mailport: Tillers, bilge pumps, and lazy jacks
REDUCING CHAIN TWIST
With regards to responses to your Inside PS blog post on chain twist “How Well Do Swivels Reduce Chain Twist?” as with...
Rebuilding a Cape Dory 36
This is Part 1 in a multi-part series detailing the rebuilding of our then 35 year old Cape Dory 36 sailboat. The purpose of...
