Stay Safe Year-Round: Essential Offseason Gear Prep for Sailors
Winter is the perfect time to inspect, repair, and replace personal safety gear so it’s ready when you are.
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Winter is the perfect time to inspect, repair, and replace personal safety gear so it’s ready when you are.
Yachtr gives brokers a new option to list their yachts, and potential buyers an intuitive platform to browse available yachts and boats worldwide.
After years of watching the water—and everything on and around it—I have found that these techniques often work best.
These are the most important places to look for signs of current—and future—problems below the waterline.
The leaves are flying. So are ideas to make sure that your boat will be even better next season. Check out Harken’s latest edition of its Digital Digest “At The Front” – The Refit Edition.
A sailor’s worst nightmare: a furler failure at sea. Here’s how we overcame a dangerous situation with quick thinking.
The way a yard handles other people’s boats can tell you a lot about how the crew is likely to do with yours.
DIY projects are about more than keeping the boat seaworthy. They’re also a way to feel part of the cruising community.
On an offshore race from Florida to Mexico, something did not go bump in the morning, but the rudder was gone nonetheless.
The absence of leaks in an exhaust system does not rule out its future failure under extreme conditions.
The crew of Totem faced a potential rudder failure thousands of nautical miles from Hawai’i, but they were able to resolve it at a mysterious atoll.
There’s an old adage that everything on a boat should serve multiple purposes. As it turns out, this applies to clothing, too.
Winter is the perfect time to inspect, repair, and replace personal safety gear so it’s ready when you are.
Yachtr gives brokers a new option to list their yachts, and potential buyers an intuitive platform to browse available yachts and boats worldwide.
After years of watching the water—and everything on and around it—I have found that these techniques often work best.
These are the most important places to look for signs of current—and future—problems below the waterline.
The leaves are flying. So are ideas to make sure that your boat will be even better next season. Check out Harken’s latest edition of its Digital Digest “At The Front” – The Refit Edition.
A sailor’s worst nightmare: a furler failure at sea. Here’s how we overcame a dangerous situation with quick thinking.
The way a yard handles other people’s boats can tell you a lot about how the crew is likely to do with yours.
DIY projects are about more than keeping the boat seaworthy. They’re also a way to feel part of the cruising community.
On an offshore race from Florida to Mexico, something did not go bump in the morning, but the rudder was gone nonetheless.
The absence of leaks in an exhaust system does not rule out its future failure under extreme conditions.
The crew of Totem faced a potential rudder failure thousands of nautical miles from Hawai’i, but they were able to resolve it at a mysterious atoll.
There’s an old adage that everything on a boat should serve multiple purposes. As it turns out, this applies to clothing, too.
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