
Nomen: Folding Cleats
Springtime for Cleats It’s not every day you see a new take on the humble cleat. There are two problems with these essential items: lines

Springtime for Cleats It’s not every day you see a new take on the humble cleat. There are two problems with these essential items: lines

Power Pod Hydrogenerators are an increasingly common addition to bluewater cruising boats, but for all their benefits many sailors don’t like to mount them on

Robert Reeder is a seamanship instructor for a series of online courses through Boaters University. His course, Fundamentals of Seamanship: Rules of the Road, is


Gravity is an important force at work on a sailboat. It keeps the boat upright, it makes the anchor drop to the bottom, and it

Here in Newport Harbor, we await the ebb tide, and with an hour to spare, I pick up a book by Joseph Conrad. He was

A Light Touch I’ve been in search of the perfect nav station light for many years, and finally found it in the form of the

Color Radio Icom’s M605 VHF fixed-mount transceiver boasts a color LCD screen with an impressive 180 degree viewing angle, backed up by a row of
There He Goes! The Pan-Pan man-overboard locator won a Pittman award for 2017 as a great idea, and now it is in production as the

THROW SOME SHADE Among the many virtues of cruising cats is the large expanse of netting between their bows, which is the ideal place to

Polynesian women are practicing the ancient art of traditional navigation and inspiring seafaring communities around the globe to do the same.

There are a number of different terms for the motions and rotations you may encounter on the water, like pitch and heave. If you were

Rowing dinghies provide exercise, connection with the water,
and camaraderie — and they always start on the first pull.

And with that, another summer season is in our wake. We hope you get out on the water for the long weekend and have a

Biotherm remains dominant, making the best of an early morning transition zone.

Groupe Beneteau teams with industry partners to get closer to a circular economy in boatbuilding.

A new builder with composite expertise drops a cool carbon cat.

AI seems to be everywhere these days, but it’s not quite ready for world domination.
A ship that can point higher than the rest of the fleet easily creates windward-leeward separation between itself and its compatriots; so it’s no surprise

Holcim-PRB has been awarded redress for the collision with Allagrande Mapei Racing at the beginning of Leg 1 of The Ocean Race Europe.