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Simple DIY Jam Cleats
Legend has it that Einstein once said “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” In truth, the quote isn’t actually Einstein’s, but he did agree with it. And so do I, especially when it comes to jam cleats.
The P7 Gig: Return of a Legend
My story begins in 2016, when I left for a westward crossing of the Atlantic aboard my self-made, 5-meter-long (16.4') plywood boat Still crazy. The three-month voyage to the Caribbean messed with my head and, to be honest, I still haven’t gotten over it.
Sailing with Colly
Sailing the bays of Texas is not exactly crystal clear water, gentle breezes and sugar-white beaches.
SMALL BOAT CRUISE: Nootka Sound
I designed and built my 18-foot sail and-oar boat, Fire-Drake, with a major adventure in mind—rowing and sailing British Columbia’s Inside Passage in 2016 and 2017.
Dancing on the Water
Exploring the Salish Sea by Oar and Paddle
SLOT CANYONS & STARRY SKIES
This adventure, like many good ones, began with a last-minute change of plans.
Dunlin: An Experimental Peapod
A brief row in a 13-foot peapod during one of our local small-boat gatherings inspired me to design and build a small cruiser.
READER BOAT: Sovereign 18 called Slowmotion
Sometimes the boat you get is one you’d never heard of.
Boat Review: Com-Pac 19 (Revisited)
Twenty years later we take another look at the still popular Com-Pac 19 sailboat
Alternative Rigs for Multihulls
I’ve posted some brief notes about multihull rigs on the “Useful Articles” pages of my website, www.sailingcatamarans. com. There, in the “Different Design Features” section, I explain why the sensible choice for multihulls is the single-mast Bermudian rig, either masthead or fractional rig.
PLEASURE ISLANDS
HOLIDAY HOMES, RESTAURANTS, EVEN CITIES MAY SOON BE COMING TO A QUIET BEACH OR HARBOUR NEAR YOU, REPORTS SAM FORTESCUE
ON THE LIMIT
THIS YEAR’S VENDÉE GLOBE IS A RACE FOR FUTURISTIC FLYING MACHINES. HELEN FRETTER AND ANDI ROBERTSON TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
MASTER YOUR MAINSAIL
KNOWING HOW TO SET UP A MULTIHULL’S MAINSAIL IS CRUCIAL. BRIAN THOMPSON, ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST EXPERIENCED MULTIHULL SAILORS, SHARES HIS TIPS
CLASS ACT
CRUISING WITH THEIR CHILDREN ALLOWED RALF AND DINA SCHLAEPFER TO FULFIL THEIR PACIFIC DREAMS, ALTHOUGH SET LESSONS WERE OVERTAKEN BY THE SCHOOL OF ADVENTURE
MAIDEN VOYAGE
SINGLE-HANDED SAILOR TREVOR ROBERTSON DESCRIBES A MAIDEN VOYAGE FROM FLORIDA TO MARTINIQUE IN A NEWLY PURCHASED 38-FOOTER
SPACE DISCOVERY
BRITISH BRAND DISCOVERY IS ONE OF THE FEW MONOHULL YARDS TO BUILD CATAMARANS. COULD THE BLUEWATER 50 BE ONE FOR MONOHULL PURISTS?
TAKING CONTROL
HOW MODERN AUTOPILOTS CAN BE YOUR BEST HELMSMAN, BY MATTHEW SHEAHAN
CALEDONIAN BLUES
JANNEKE KUYSTERS AND WIETZE VAN DER LAAN ARE CAPTIVATED BY THE PACIFIC ISLANDS OF NEW CALEDONIA
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO MAKE STRUCTURAL REPAIRS OFFSHORE
A SMOOTH NEW START
PRIVILÈGE IS RENEWING ITS RANGE UNDER HANSE, STARTING WITH THIS 50-FOOTER. FRANÇOIS TREGOUET REPORTS
SMALL BOAT CRUISE: Waldo Lake, Oregon
I decided to go to Waldo Lake, in the mountains east of Eugene, Oregon in mid-September, hoping to be on the water from Friday through the following Tuesday or Wednesday. Having been to Waldo five times in June and once in early August. I wanted to feel the nighttime chill announcing the coming winter, and be both grateful for it and fortified against it, in my winter sleeping bag. I wanted to watch the long and early shadows of Autumn seizing the forest in the afternoon.
Small-Boat Gear
XPL EXPLORE MORE
SHALLOW DRAFT
It is early May and, like many of you, we’re thinking about life in a challenging time—about gains, losses and what might come next.
SAFE AND SIMPLE
Changing rigs extended this sailor’s time on the water
S-CAMPING
Glenn Tripp on building a bunk
RESTORATION
The true cost of bringing and old boat back to life
READER BOAT: A Drake 13 called Grebe
I have always wanted to build a sharpie. For me they are archetypal—like a boat from some dream. And mine is a very specific dream: sitting low in the cockpit on a sunny, breezy day, sailing on starboard tack, tiller and sheet in hand, just cruisin’ along in my beautiful little sharpie.
PLAN STUDY: Annabelle Skiff
Standing around after boating on the local pond, I suggested to my friend, the remarkable Paul Helbert, that I thought he would be better served by yet another boat—specifically, the “10' Rowing and Sailing Dinghy” designed by Howard Chapelle. I would modify Chapelle’s hull for skin-on-frame construction, and Paul would build the prototype. Paul could, for a minimal investment in both time and money, have a sailboat that would be lightweight enough to car-top, yet still had room for a passenger. More importantly, the boat promised jaunty performance as well.
Future Physics of the Birdwing Mast
An inventor’s perspective
Bike Sailing
Building a small, bike-trailerable boat for big water