Gear

The decision to switch from a symmetrical spinnaker to a Parasailor proved to be the right one for this cruising couple aboard their Pearson 424  (published […]

Whether you’d like to extend your sailing season into the colder months or make a voyage to the wilds of the high latitudes, there’s extra planning […]

Safety at Sea instructor Paul Cunningham helps us to understand the differences between inflatable PFDs, and the pros and cons of manual and auto inflate models. […]

A guide to everything you should know about visual communication  (published March 2016) From our boat anchored alone between cities off the Indian River on July […]

For many years the only choice sailors had for fabric and engineering for their sails was cross-cut Dacron sails and for many years cross-cut Dacron sails […]

(published February 2016) Wind whipped through Portland Island, B.C.’s tall, old growth forest as we hiked away from the anchorage towards the island’s interior. In the […]

Getting a 48′ Gunboat catamaran to Cape Hatteras in mid-December might seem like a good idea to some folks, but it could leave a great deal […]

Some 350 boats sailed in last fall’s rallies and most of them used advanced navigation and routing systems  (published January 2016) Last November, I was lucky […]

As technology continues to drive deeper into our lives, it’s important to remember that an elegant simplicity still exists with the traditional navigational tools and solutions  […]

Readying a small boat for a Pacific crossing  (published December 2015) Outfitting a boat for an ocean crossing is no easy task. Like so many aspects […]