Overhaul Your Winches
A neglected winch is at best inefficient and at worst dangerous. Old grease gathers salt and dirt and creates friction or can even cause the winch to seize. To prevent this, clean and lubricate them every season or two.
A neglected winch is at best inefficient and at worst dangerous. Old grease gathers salt and dirt and creates friction or can even cause the winch to seize. To prevent this, clean and lubricate them every season or two.
A slew of new devices and software lets you dig into your boats systems and talk with the folks back home
The trend in boat design today is toward larger mainsails and nonoverlapping headsails that, in many cases, take care of themselves with self-tacking jibs.
Convergence comes to sailboats, but in divergent ways!
User-generated chart data is rapidly getting easier to create and share.
The Little Wing kayaks are built for editorial abuse.
Best Buy uses the Geek Squad to ease marine electronics installations.
Generators, antennas, life rafts, shackles, anchor retrievers , and more
Learn how to choose the right bow thruster for your boat.
Electronic cartography is breaking the paper-chart mold, but it may take a “beginner’s mind” to appreciate the results of 3D charting.
The paper chart is dead! Long live digital cartography! But be careful.
Dress up the crew in some new gear, including solar flares and a swing-lift for the outboard.
A neglected winch is at best inefficient and at worst dangerous. Old grease gathers salt and dirt and creates friction or can even cause the winch to seize. To prevent this, clean and lubricate them every season or two.
A slew of new devices and software lets you dig into your boats systems and talk with the folks back home
The trend in boat design today is toward larger mainsails and nonoverlapping headsails that, in many cases, take care of themselves with self-tacking jibs.
Convergence comes to sailboats, but in divergent ways!
User-generated chart data is rapidly getting easier to create and share.
The Little Wing kayaks are built for editorial abuse.
Best Buy uses the Geek Squad to ease marine electronics installations.
Generators, antennas, life rafts, shackles, anchor retrievers , and more
Learn how to choose the right bow thruster for your boat.
Electronic cartography is breaking the paper-chart mold, but it may take a “beginner’s mind” to appreciate the results of 3D charting.
The paper chart is dead! Long live digital cartography! But be careful.
Dress up the crew in some new gear, including solar flares and a swing-lift for the outboard.
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