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.
The three-stateroom, semidisplacement model has a range of power options and a low air draft.
A solar-power system on our classic trawler lets us spend time moored or anchored with more than enough juice to meet our energy needs.
America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association has been helping boaters complete the ultimate voyage for a quarter century.
The steel-hull Nightfall, designed by William Garden, connects generations of this family through a love of cruising.
Larry Graf, the founder, designer and lead engineer of Aspen Power Catamarans, talks about Aspen’s proa hull designs and adventure cruising on his own creations from the Arctic to the Sea of Cortez.
With her vertical bow, reverse raked windshield and indoor-outdoor living space, the Galeon 430 EXP defies categorization.
It is called a razor because it shaves away unnecessary complexities, providing a simple solution to complicated questions.
Remembering Lifelong Marine Journalist Chris Caswell
A Master of Quiet Cruising
This imposing 55-footer is a comfortable, well-appointed coastal cruiser primed to take on more ambitious journeys.
