Dash of Salt: Boat Test Blues
November 18, 2025
The gig is more workaday than champagne and caviar, and sometimes the harbor patrol saves our bacon.
The gig is more workaday than champagne and caviar, and sometimes the harbor patrol saves our bacon.
On every used boat, treasures await. They’re usually wrapped in mystery, possibly alongside a pink thong.
Building a boat that’s “good enough” for light use is not good enough for real cruising.
Whether on a coastal hop or cruising toward a faraway harbor, a passagemaking yacht meeting a new day is a sheer delight.
Explore the humorous challenges of boat fenders in Chris Caswell’s tale of mermaid fenders, locker space woes, and the quest for better yacht protection.
Perusing the descriptions of used boats often means translating florid language to get to what’s real.
Even on a power cruiser, a sailmaker’s sewing machine is an integral tool to have aboard.
The singular Bruce Kessler was an adventure-seeker who shared his inspirational lifestyle with the world.
Go off on your long voyages. I still may, but I will also charter and miss the in-between drudgery.
The gig is more workaday than champagne and caviar, and sometimes the harbor patrol saves our bacon.
How I learned to love the solitude and adventure of cruising with my canine companions.
A veteran sailor brings celestial navigation skills to a motoryacht’s transatlantic passage.
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Palm Beach’s Newest Space Ship
The company is scaling up production on its innovative replacement to marine plywood derived from 100 percent recycled plastic waste.
Sprains, strains and fractures are common onboard injuries, each with specific treatments.
The big puma from a powercat pioneer
We walk you through hull number 3, one of the first in the states.
