Follow this comprehensive checklist Issue 59 : Mar/Apr 2008 Do you find yourself adding coolant to your engine more often than the engine manufacturer suggests? Are you having difficulty figuring out ...
Braided tail improves hold on rode Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 A simple running (or rolling) hitch, used to attach a snubber to an anchor rode, may have difficulty in maintaining a good grip on the rode, ...
Mate narrow Grade 43 chain with heavy-duty shackles Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 Eleven years ago, as we were completing our first cruising boat in our backyard, our thoughts turned to the ground tackle th...
Here’s a $5 propeller puller you can build yourself Issue 62 : Sept/Oct 2008 We wanted our own propeller puller but it had to fulfill the following requirements: As a result, we created a design that ...
Learn to make safer, faster passages Issue 71 : Mar/Apr 2010 After spending a few days in Jacksonville, Florida, we planned to head out the St. Johns River and then turn south into the Intracoastal Wa...
Hand-sewn cargo boosters that stow flat Issue 101 : Mar/Apr 2015 A pair of saddlebags, or panniers as they are often called in the biking world, add capacity and convenience when we make shopping trip...
Don’t leave anything to chance Issue 115: July/Aug 2017 During the seasonal cruiser migration along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW), it is quite common to see boats bottle-necked before a dr...
Add-ons made a luggage cart multi-purpose Issue 126: May/June 2019 A handcart is handy to have aboard a boat. We wanted one that could adapt to carrying a variety of items, support a considerable payl...
In warm weather, full-length foul-weather pants are rather uncomfortable to wear for too long...
A friend and experienced boater related an interesting story over lunch. He’d recently had trouble backing his boat into a slip. The wind was on the beam and his bow would blow off, keeping him ...