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Practical SailorVideo: RIB vs Inflatable Catamaran Dinghy For decades, the standard cruising setup has been something like a 10-foot RIB with a 15-horsepower outboard, but lightweight cat dinghies are challenging that formula.
Practical SailorElectric Propulsion News: Torqeedo Exits Inboard, Hybrid Markets The electric propulsion market continues to evolve quickly, as evidence by developments revealed at the October 15-18 Annapolis Sailboat Show.
Practical SailorLearning by Doing on a $5,000 Catalina 30 Mk II When Davis’s mother started talking about wanting to do something “big” for retirement, Davis and Gloria half-jokingly threw out an idea that seemed suitably ambitious: Why not buy a sailboat?
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Practical SailorVideo: The BEST Sailboat You Can Buy for $35,000 – Catalina 36 Boat Review If you’re searching for a mid-30-foot sailboat, affordable cruising sailboat, liveaboard sailboat, first sailboat, or a capable used sailboat for coastal cruising, the Catalina 36 deserves a serious…
Practical SailorHow Can You Make Low-Cost Leather Chafe Guards? With tropical storms becoming more frequent and less predictable, sailors need to have their lines prepared to resist chafing to keep their boats, and other boats, safely secured.
Practical SailorWhat Cameras Can See Inside and Under Your Boat? Whether it is inspecting your hull before entering a foreign port to ensure you are not bringing invasive undersea life into an environment, or trying to find the source of a leak behind a bulkhead…
Practical SailorBoat Deck Non-Skid: What Holds Up After 10 Years? Boat decks take a beating from sun and salt that eventually takes its toll on factory-molded nonskid. Once nonskid loses its grip, resurrecting it becomes a safety issue.
Practical SailorHow Do You Wax and Polish Your Boat? This post covers almost everything you need to know about cleaning, polishing, and waxing gelcoat. It includes links to our “how-to” resources and links to our tests of various classes of products…
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Practical SailorVideo: If You See This on a Used Sailboat, Walk Away If you’re searching the used sailboat market, comparing sailboats for sale, or learning how to inspect a sailboat before buying, these are the red flags you need to understand.
Practical SailorCal 2-27 Used Boat Review Jack Jensen formed one of the country’s most successful fiberglass boatbuilding companies in 1959—Jensen Marine—when it introduced the Lapworth 24 centerboarder.
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