Your Boat’s Outer Skin
August 29, 2024
Gelcoat can protect your boat season after season—if you follow these maintenance tips when it’s time for repairs.
Gelcoat can protect your boat season after season—if you follow these maintenance tips when it’s time for repairs.
A power failure at sea highlights the ins and outs of multi-voltage systems.
Whether hauling out annually or less often, follow this haul-out game plan to get the most from your time “on the hard.”
When it comes to your windlass, what you “don’t” see is what needs the most TLC.
Using a power buffer to properly clean and polish your gelcoat is best for your boat, and your sanity.
Is it possible for a diesel engine to start up all on its own?
Creating a library of owner’s manuals and other stuff has real, hands-on advantages.
Need to turn a small circular hole in a bulkhead, deck or other surface into a larger one? Here’s a tip.
While not a replacement for bottom paint, Ultrasonic Antifouling systems can help keep your hull cleaner, extend paint life and improve fuel economy.
Few boat accessories reveal past maintenance failures more than clear vinyl enclosures.
Smarter steering means frequent, but only short, glances at the chartplotter.
In an emergency, a properly maintained, easy-to-launch life raft can make all the difference.
Why we chose to build our dream version of a Selene 60 from the keel up.
Exploring the Utrechtse Vecht on the redesigned Elling E4.
Two decades after their first circumnavigation, Don and Anja Richards are crossing oceans again to help their son, Keith, kickstart his own cruising dream.
We caught up to the liveaboards at their winter roost in Southwest Alaska to chat about following your dreams and living a life less ordinary.
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.
