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Sailboat DIY And Repair Tips

Switching to Solar Offshore

No sensible bluewater sailor would consider setting off on a long cruise these days without some means of generating power other than by burning fossil

Smartphones Onboard

Even cheap smartphones pack thousands of times more computing power than the machine behind the Apollo 11 moon landing, so it’s hardly surprising that their

Four Ways to Climb a Mast Solo

If there’s one thing as certain as death and taxes, it’s that sooner or later every sailor who owns a boat bigger than a trailersailer

Ask Sail: Dinghy Dilemma

DINGHY DILEMMA Q: We are in the throes of choosing a dinghy, and I would like to ask if you would recommend buying a RIB

Boat Monitoring System

Boat Oversight In a world where you can track your friends’ locations in real time and stream yourself live on the internet, it should come

Know how: Safety Check List

Good to Go? The boat’s in the water, the rig has been tuned, and you’re ready to go off on your first summer cruise. There

Five Simple Anchoring Tips

An anchor isn’t just for passing the day or night away from the marina. It is a key piece of safety gear–something to keep you

Image courtesy of Spinklock

Gear: Spinlock NEMO+ Deckvest

While most people are shopping for cradles and bottles when expecting a baby, I was deep into researching an area that I thought was much

Everyone should practice MOB 
maneuvers, but 
preventing it in the first place comes down to mindset. Photo by A. Gray

At the Helm: Stay on the Boat

The risk of going overboard—and how you brief it—depends entirely on context. Mia and I were at a wedding recently in England. The bride and

It was a roundabout path that led the author to Indigo. Photo by Zuzana Prochazka

Boat Shopping

There’s no straight path to boat ownership. Charter in the meantime. 

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