When the Wind Goes Light
These tips and tricks will help you get to your next waypoint and keep everyone’s morale from sinking.
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Expert advice and insightful tips for boat owners to navigate their ownership experience, maintain their vessels, and cruise with confidence and knowledge.
These tips and tricks will help you get to your next waypoint and keep everyone’s morale from sinking.
Building bulwarks was no small project, but it greatly enhanced our boat’s looks as well as our sailing experience.
It’s important to think about a maintenance schedule to guard against windlass failure.
Is your boat bound for the Caribbean? Follow these tips for a safer and more comfortable voyage south.
There’s no such thing as too much time spent looking over critical systems before leaving a dock.
Poultice corrosion can lead to costly repairs if it’s not caught and remedied quickly. Here’s how the pros do it.
Good plumbing is paramount to prevent fuel-flow interruption, which can damage a boat’s engine.
When it comes to haulouts, the nightmares we boaters endure can range from head-scratching to hilarious.
The trick to installing a basic digital navigation network is to start with only the basics and to get the most important features.
In hindsight of our 40-year refit, we unveil the behind-the-scenes details of the project, starting with the forward head.
Learning how to inspect for small rigging problems can stop them from becoming bigger ones after you’ve left the dock.
Use this checklist to navigate the basics of the diesel de-winterization process this spring.
With this recipe, you can indulge in a tasty homemade treat wherever you may roam.
This piquant dish provides a perfect meal after an overnight trek offshore.
After a medically mandated gluten-free diet left these sailors pining for good bread, they came up with their own winning recipe.
This creamy rice porridge is guaranteed to sate your hunger and banish rainy-day or rough-passage blahs.
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West Coast Multihulls offers sailing charters and sailing instruction aboard a fleet of modern cruising catamarans.
Spinnakers, staysails and gollywobblers can boost a boat’s speed, along with the crew’s spirits.
Adjustments made to a Saber 30’s block and tackle and outhaul make all of the difference in sailing performance.
America’s Cup sailor Gary Jobson offers setting and sailing tips for symmetrical and asymmetrical spinnakers.
Larger main sails with in-mast and in-boom furling are paving the way for a changes in sail inventory on the foredeck.
Check out electric motors, repurposed sails and reef-safe sunscreens, and reduce single-use plastics on board.
While the Totem crew saw plenty of natural beauty during their circumnavigation, unfortunately they saw environmental devastation as well.
Amid stories about the declining state of the ocean, a sailor finds inspiration while sailing marine protected areas on a passage between Maine and Bermuda.
At Wake Island, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is exploring the deep into better understand what lies below the surface.
El Niño changed the dynamics of cyclone season, leaving us hopscotching across the islands of the South Pacific for shelter.
There are lots of ways to make mistakes on boats. The right way is to make them over time, so you can learn from them.
With a bit of forethought, an average day out on the water can turn into a fantastic sail for the whole crew.
Sometimes, the best way to tell if the hook is set is by grabbing a snorkel, mask and fins for a visual inspection.