Sailors who cruise in regions that experience summer calms will love Island Packet’s SP Cruiser Mk 2. The SP is a motorsailer designed as a cross between a trawler and sailboat; a boat equally at ho

It was one thing to show our crew of five boys a chart of the Bahamas’ northern cruising ground, but quite another for them to see it for themselves from Elbow Reef Lighthouse. From this vantage p

In my perfect world it’s always 9:30 Sunday morning, about 65 degrees and a little sunny. I am finishing washing my big, dark Mercedes, while listening to Bach’s “Matthew Passion” on CBC2’s

Here’s a boat designed by my old friend Mark Mills that has a lot of people talking. The first boat is sailing and so far there have been big smiles all around. This new boat enters a tough niche in

The RM890 is a very interesting Marc Lombard design built by RM Yachts of France. One of the most interesting features of this boat is that it is built with plywood and epoxy using a multichine hull f

When Tony Castro designed the Jeanneau Sunshine 38 in the early 1980s, many other naval architects had not yet caught up with the notion that sailors might want a comfortable cruising yacht that was a

 Dear Boat Doctor, The refrigerator on my boat keeps getting a lot of ice build-up, and both the top and front doors are sweating around the openings. A friend of mine told me I

 Dear Boat Doctor, I sail a Catalina 380 on Lake Michigan and it has a freshwater-cooled Westerbeke 42 engine. I use the engine basically to get in and out of the slip so I don�

Sailors competing in the 2016 Olympics in Brazil are going to have an excellent chance of not only bringing home lifetime treasures such as gold, silver and bronze medals, bu

We are racing, though you wouldn’t know it from the demeanor of the crew.  The six of us standing the midnight to 3 a.m. watch are virtually silent. When a word is spoken it is barely louder

 Features  26 If this hull could speak From fame and glory to a life of crime and ruin, the 62-foot steel ketch Askoy II is poised to sail again 32 Boys in the

There was a time when only the largest production boats were customizable. But why should only owners of big boats get what they really want in an affordable production boat? Beneteau recognized owners’ desires to have the boat they want, without much compromise, regardless of its size, and in doing so have managed to create a 38-foot boat that sails and feels like a much bigger boat.

 The new coupling connects Elco electric motors to Yanmar saildrives. The coupling makes electric propulsion a more viable option for retrofitting sailboats equipped with saildrives, with Elco mo

 ReliefBands is a lightweight wearable drug-free antinausea device approved by the FDA.  In some people, they mitigate general nausea, motion sickness and morning sickness. It is worn like a

 The Tequila Sunrise Collection of recycled sailcloth bags include a wine bag, duffle bag, beach tote, sling bag and roll-top bag. The sturdy sailcloth is water resistant, and the bags are each o

 The Hyde Wingman PFD is a lifejacket for people who won’t wear lifejackets, but should. It was designed as a self-rescue device for triathletes during the swim leg of a race, so it fits t

 This clothesline is made from two twisted bungee cords that grip wet gear between them, eliminating the need for clothespins. Each end has a hook, and one hook is cleated to adjust the length of