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By Nigel Calder Posted April 25, 2011
LED lighting has mutated—what's next? More
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By David W. Shaw Posted April 15, 2011
Get your freshwater system ready for a season afloat More
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By David Popken Posted April 14, 2011
A gratifying project for anyone who loves the look of wood down below More
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By Pip Hurn Posted April 13, 2011
Before you refinish the wood on your boat, you must first strip it clean More
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By Don Casey Posted April 13, 2011
That is the question. Is it noble to suffer for the sake of aesthetics, or are there practical alternatives? More
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By Mark Corke Posted April 11, 2011
Choose the right antifouling paint for your boat More
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By Peter Nielsen Posted February 17, 2011
Making your sail handling system top notch More
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By Charles J. Doane Posted February 17, 2011
Soda or sponge? More
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By Don Casey Posted November 23, 2010
Boats and Bicycles have something in common More
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By Charles Mason Posted September 16, 2010
Get the winter cover-up right More
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By Nigel Calder Posted May 17, 2010
A question from April's Ask Sail and the conversation it sparked More
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Damaged areas can vary in size, but the fix is pretty straightforward More
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By Don Casey Posted May 12, 2010
What you need to know about sandpapers and sanding More
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By Peter Nielsen Posted March 23, 2010
Pacifica Plus's new antifouling bottom paint proves effective; read the expanded version of the review from page 79 of the April issue More
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Strategies for protecting the exterior layers of both you and your boat More
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Kalyan Jana, development support manager (specialty markets) for EnerSys, sent us his four-step guide to winter battery storage. More
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By Peter Nielsen Posted January 28, 2010
Peter Nielsen spells out the challenges and decisions of the process in a helpful how-to More
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By Peter Nielsen Posted January 27, 2010
A few years ago I was seriously interested in a Pearson 10M that was on the market for a very reasonable asking price. I had looked it over pretty closely—or so I thought—and I had picked up on a number of faults, none of which were serious enough to put me off. More
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By Peter Nielsen Posted January 27, 2010
Before I laid the boat up, I had to replace a bilge pump that had mysteriously stopped working. It sounds remedial, but I have seen enough botched jobs on boats to know that you can’t take knowledge for granted... More
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By Peter Nielsen Posted January 27, 2010
A few years ago, I left my boat’s two lead-acid batteries on board over winter. It wasn’t intentional—an early snowfall led me to cover the boat up sooner than anticipated, and I just never got around to taking the batteries off. More
