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Choosing a proper vehicle to tow your boat will reduce wear and tear on your engine and drive train and will minimize the possibility of a major breakdown or

Frank Butler had a dream. In July 1969, he designed and built the first Catalina 22 in North Hollywood, California. This petite, family-friendly cruising sloop was his fledgling company’s inau,Used Boat Notebook

I have a Hartley 18. It was a sail boat. Now it is a low-powered (8hp) displacement camp cruiser. To bring about this transformation the mast, mast...

So I was looking at sailboats in my are when this came up. It says it is a RK 20 and the pictures match up and I was wondering if anybody had any thoughts...

One of the classic sayings about owning a boat is that there’s always something that needs fixing; the corollary is, even if everything’s working, there’s always something that ne…

It was never going to be easy. But its been a lot of fun. I thought for those that may be in a similar position,i would go through the designs that took my interest,and why they ended as runner ups. Basically,i was after a much easier boat to launch and recover than my 25ft 3ton Koster K25,it needs a crane each time,and a crane for setting up the mast,which itself has a total of 10 wires holding it aloft. I wanted something a lot simpler to deal with,with the option of trailing to other…

Since 1974, Practical Sailor’s independent testing has taken the guesswork out of boat and gear buying.

The SANIBEL 17/18 derived from the SKIPPERS MATE, built by Southern Sails Inc. of Clearwater, FL. By 1984 it was the COMMODRE 17, built by Commodore Yacht Corp. of Saint James City, FL. In 1985 Captiva Yachts began building it as the SANIBEL 17. In 1986 the name was changed to the SANIBEL 18 although […]

. . . A proper steering wheel and throttle up front makes motoring much better . . . Not to mention gets you out of the boat's butt, making trim...