Dear Boat Doctor, I have a hank-on staysail on my Passport 40. The sail doesn’t get used a lot, partly because it’s a hassle to drag the bag out and set up. I am thinking about a furler but I’m

It was a non sequitur for the ages. “The ship was an unsinkable ship.” The statement was made after the ship sank. The ship is Bayesian, a 184-foot-long sailboat that now rests under 160 feet o

After a thrilling victory in the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup in Barcelona, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli trimmer Maria Giubilei declared, “We are not going back.” “We have just dem

Features A bash from the past: The majestic J-class fleet brought the drama off blustery BarcelonaClassroom refit: Marine technology students breathe new life into an offshore cruiserRe

Can I drop in lithium batteries? Dear Boat Doctor, I’d like to change my house batteries to lithium. The capacity and efficiency of charging is really compelling, but I don’t want to have to r

Our Passport 42, a double-ender, features a cavernous, V-shaped storage beneath the cockpit. When we first started cruising, we layered lines, dinghy supplies, storm sails, paddles, buckets of spares.

Replacing deck hardware or mounting new deck hardware might seem like an easy project, but doing it incorrectly is a recipe for long-term problems that are not an easy fix. It’s worth taking the tim

This being the New Boat issue, and since I’ve owned more new boats than the U.S. Navy, I have (he said modestly) a wealth of wisdom to share. I’m here to offer the Caswellian Boat Survey Tips, wh

When the book I’m reading bogs down to a boring grind, or takes a ridiculous turn, or irritates me by revealing the author’s ignorance of a well known fact, I turn to my old friend Jack Aubrey. J

Emirates Team New Zealand AC37 Lego Yacht When the gift recipient lands in the crossover of the Venn diagram of sailors and Lego enthusiasts, you know there’s only one must-have gift: the Emira

For this review, I should save the surprise for the end, but why make you wait? About a month ago, around midnight, depending on the version of the story, I rolled out of bed and fractured my bac

Nautor says, “The first Swan 51 represented a landmark in the inspirational evolution of the Nautor Swan brand.  Launched in 1981, the model marked the first collaboration between Swan and the

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It will be fun to see what happens when we compare two catamarans with similar L/Ds using both hulls, and similar L/Ds using each hull individually, while reducing LOA by 9.62 feet.  The 48 Open

Why won’t my holding tank pump out? Dear Boat Doctor, I am having trouble pumping out my holding tank. The dockside pumps just don’t seem to work very well. I eventually get it pumped, but it ta

We couldn’t resist French Polynesia. Where else can sailors get a two-year visa to explore the very different landscapes of three archipelagos within the same country? In our first nine months we ha

 Gazing at the azure waters of Pirates Bight, where yachts gently bobbed and red battle flags smacked in the breeze, I watched as a small armada of dinghies approached the shore. Their crews alig

There’s no denying the convenience of furling sails for cruising. Code 0s and, more recently, structured luff top-down furling sails with better downwind performance than a code 0 can be game change