Vang/Preventer
Vang/preventer: a fast, effective safety device I was guilty of contempt. Never a good thing, in...
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Vang/preventer: a fast, effective safety device I was guilty of contempt. Never a good thing, in...
Read MoreGuidelines for evaluating and installing wet exhausts The most popular sailboat exhaust system...
Read MoreDiesel envy? Take another look at the gasoline engine that came with your good old boat If you own...
Read MoreThe wind had shifted overnight. A sea was starting to run into the anchorage from the exposed...
Read MoreIt is a genuine pleasure to read just about anything Dave Gerr writes. His books range from popular broad-appeal works like The Nature of Boats to very specialized books like the Propeller Handbook and The Elements of Boat...
Read MoreThis is the one book that should be aboard every cruising sailboat. When the first edition came out, I read it cover-to-cover. When the second edition came out, a flip through the pages showed some updates, but basically it was...
Read MoreSummary of Testing Crip Splices After reading Gord May’s article (“Ohm’s law and...
Read MoreDon Casey wants to make electricity as simple as possible. So in Sailboat Electrics Simplified, part of the International Marine Sailboat Library series, he omits extensive theory and keeps his explanations brief. Yet the...
Read MoreIllustrated Sail and Rig Tuning is a little book which takes on a big job. Since it’s 9 1/2 by 6 3/4 inches and 80 pages, we had to wonder. The book is intentionally small and of high quality paper so it can live in...
Read MoreWhy do some yachts have long overhangs and sharp ends while others have plumb bows and very broad sterns? In Yacht Design Explained, Steve Killing and Douglas Hunter explain how different racing handicap measurement rules have...
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