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BoatWorks: Holding Tank Set-up

So, given that holding tanks are a regrettable fact of cruising life, why not make them as easy to deal with as possible?

Don’t Over Trim the Sails

Next time the wind goes soft, instead of submitting to this self-fulfilling prophesy of slow-going, try opening up the slot between your mainsail and headsail.

Eight Bells-Garry Hoyt

In 2001, SAIL’s then executive editor, Charles Mason, awarded Garry Hoyt the magazine’s Industry Award for Leadership, noting his “insatiable desire to make sailing simpler,”

a sailboat on the water

Rigging: Low Friction Rings

Adding low friction rings to your boat’s rigging repertoire can be a lighter, more affordable alternative to line management.

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