The Mooring Pickup Skill Every Sailor Should Practice
Assign duties before you get there, drop the headsail before the turn and keep the crew off the bow. The rest is just practice.
Assign duties before you get there, drop the headsail before the turn and keep the crew off the bow. The rest is just practice.
PTFE thread, low-aspect Dacron, two-ply leeches and the UV cover mistakes that drain cruising budgets in the tropics.
Everything deferred last fall comes due when the hull hits the water. Here is how to settle the account before the slings move.
Routing software helps, but thinking several legs ahead is what turns the Thorny Path from a bash into a reach.
Jamie Gifford sailed a Stevens 47 into 53 anchorages last year and learned what it really takes to make routing software work.
Crew readiness, boat prep, safety culture and pacing took one family from Mexico to French Polynesia aboard a Stevens 47.
Technical guru Steve D’Antonio covers the most common life raft mistakes, from misrigged painters to expired parts.
Four hours on, four hours off is the classic model, but the best watch system is the one your crew can actually sustain.
From drifting anchorless overnight to dragging toward a buddy boat at 1 a.m., the blunders that made me better at sailing.
After falling through a rotted galley sole, the crew of Totem finds a durable, eco-friendly solution in glue-down cork.
Legend Gary Jobson shares how to combine modern apps, traditional barometers, and cloud patterns for safer coastal sailing.
See how the crew of Avocet transformed a cramped, awkward quarter berth into a cozy, custom-built queen guest cabin.
Assign duties before you get there, drop the headsail before the turn and keep the crew off the bow. The rest is just practice.
PTFE thread, low-aspect Dacron, two-ply leeches and the UV cover mistakes that drain cruising budgets in the tropics.
Everything deferred last fall comes due when the hull hits the water. Here is how to settle the account before the slings move.
Routing software helps, but thinking several legs ahead is what turns the Thorny Path from a bash into a reach.
Jamie Gifford sailed a Stevens 47 into 53 anchorages last year and learned what it really takes to make routing software work.
Crew readiness, boat prep, safety culture and pacing took one family from Mexico to French Polynesia aboard a Stevens 47.
Technical guru Steve D’Antonio covers the most common life raft mistakes, from misrigged painters to expired parts.
Four hours on, four hours off is the classic model, but the best watch system is the one your crew can actually sustain.
From drifting anchorless overnight to dragging toward a buddy boat at 1 a.m., the blunders that made me better at sailing.
After falling through a rotted galley sole, the crew of Totem finds a durable, eco-friendly solution in glue-down cork.
Legend Gary Jobson shares how to combine modern apps, traditional barometers, and cloud patterns for safer coastal sailing.
See how the crew of Avocet transformed a cramped, awkward quarter berth into a cozy, custom-built queen guest cabin.
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