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DIY Sailboat Projects

Quick Tips: Canvas Care

If you’ve made the investment in a new dodger or other canvas covers for your boat, a little care can go a long way toward increasing the life of the material.

dodgers

Roger Dodgers

Depending on your boat, deck layout and itinerary, there can be more than one way to protect your cockpit, companionway and crew from seas and heavy spray.

recycling sails

Upcycling Your Sails

When our mainsail blew out, we skipped the dumpster and used a little creativity to sew new life into the old rags.

Going Solar

With a lot of ingenuity and a few homemade parts, a Florida liveaboard sailor unplugs from the grid in comfort.

Homemade Hardtop

With simple tools and inexpensive materials, even a do-it-yourselfer of modest skills can fashion this clean, efficient dodger and bimini.

Sump’n Different

Using off-the-shelf plumbing parts and a little ingenuity, you can build an industrial-strength gray-water containment system anywhere on your boat.

Quick Tips: Canvas Care

If you’ve made the investment in a new dodger or other canvas covers for your boat, a little care can go a long way toward increasing the life of the material.

dodgers

Roger Dodgers

Depending on your boat, deck layout and itinerary, there can be more than one way to protect your cockpit, companionway and crew from seas and heavy spray.

recycling sails

Upcycling Your Sails

When our mainsail blew out, we skipped the dumpster and used a little creativity to sew new life into the old rags.

Going Solar

With a lot of ingenuity and a few homemade parts, a Florida liveaboard sailor unplugs from the grid in comfort.

Homemade Hardtop

With simple tools and inexpensive materials, even a do-it-yourselfer of modest skills can fashion this clean, efficient dodger and bimini.

Sump’n Different

Using off-the-shelf plumbing parts and a little ingenuity, you can build an industrial-strength gray-water containment system anywhere on your boat.

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