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10 Sailing Mistakes You’ll Only Make Once
Learning how to sail means learning that some sailing mistakes only need to happen once. In this episode, we look at the most common sailboat mistakes experienced sailors say they would never repeat, including reefing too late, sailing to a schedule, poor navigation and passage planning, anchoring m...
Bayfield 32 Boat Tour – The Canadian Cruiser That Crossed the Atlantic
Bayfield 32 Boat Tour: The Canadian Cruiser That Crossed the Atlantic takes you aboard a 1981 Bayfield 32, a traditional Canadian-built cruising sailboat known for its clipper bow, bowsprit, cutter rig, shallow draft, full keel and warm teak interior. Built by Bayfield Boat Yard in Ontario and desig...
Which Boats Are Easy to Sail? 7 Features That Matter
Tartan 395 Boat Review: What makes a sailboat easy to sail? In this Practical Sailor video, we look at seven features that can make a sailboat easier, safer, and more enjoyable to handle. From manageable sail plans and well-placed cockpit controls to balanced steering, predictable stability, and c...
Catalina 25 Sailboat Tour
The $100K Cruiser Showdown: How the Catalina 380 Stacks Up: Catalina 25 Sailboat Tour - Should You Buy One? In this complete Catalina 25 sailboat tour, we explore one of the most popular affordable cruising sailboats ever built and explain everything you should know before buying one. We tour the ...
What Do You Inspect First on a Used Sailboat?
What should you inspect first when buying a used sailboat? This used sailboat buying guide explains what to look for when viewing sailboats for sale, how to inspect a sailboat before making an offer, and how to spot sailboat problems that could lead to expensive repairs. Whether you are boat shoppin...
Vision 444 ES: The Catamaran Designed to Be Repaired
Catalina 470 Used Boat Review: Step aboard Reimagine, a Vision 444 ES sailing catamaran built for serious bluewater cruising, short-handed operation and real-world maintenance. In this Practical Sailor review, we examine the South African-built Vision 444 ES, including its resin-infused constructi...
We Tour a Norseman 447: Is This the Perfect Offshore Sailboat? | A $139,500 Bob Perry Classic
@boatfools #Norseman447 #RobertyPerry #bluewatercruiser #sailing #yachttours We Tour a Norseman 447: Is This the Perfect Offshore Sailboat? | A $139,500 Bob Perry Classic Why do so many sailors love the Norseman 447? In this episode of BoatFools Sailing, Green Mountain Josh returns for his first ...
Deep Keel vs Shoal Draft – Which Should You Buy?
Keel and Rudder Design Basics: Deep keel or shoal draft: which should you buy? In this episode, we look at one of the biggest sailboat buying decisions cruisers face. A deeper keel usually means better windward performance, better pointing, less leeway, and a more planted feel under sail. But a sh...
Hanse 360 Boat Tour: The 36 Footer That Feels Like a 40
Beneteau 38.1 Boat Review: The Hanse 360 is one of the most talked-about new cruising sailboats in the 36-foot range, and in this Practical Sailor boat tour we take a close look at what makes it different. Built by HanseYachts in Greifswald, Germany, and designed by Berret-Racoupeau, the Hanse 360...
How To Use a Boat Battery Switch
Taking Starlink Offshore: What the Gen 2 and Mini Can Really Do: How to Use a Boat Battery Switch explains exactly what the 1, 2, BOTH, and OFF positions do on a boat’s battery selector switch, and how to use them without accidentally draining both battery banks. In this Practical Sailor video, we...
A Beneteau With No Backstay?!
Choosing and Securing Seat Cushions - The Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 is one of the most interesting modern cruising sailboats in the 34-foot range. With twin helms, an open transom, a bright cruising interior, three keel options, and a no-backstay rig, this compact Beneteau packs a surprising amount of...
Is This Sweden’s Best Kept Secret | 1985 Scanmar 35 at $29,500 | Full Tour
#boatfools #sailing #SwedishSailboat #bluewatersailing #centercockpit Is This Sweden's Best Kept Secret | 1985 Scanmar 35 | Full Tour Join Canadian Ken and me as we tour one of the most intriguing—and least-known—bluewater cruising sailboats ever built. We had an absolute blast exploring this...
The History of Beneteau Boats
Marshall Sanderling 18: Used Boat Review - Beneteau is one of the most recognizable names in modern boating, but the company did not begin with cruising yachts, charter boats, or glossy boat show displays. It began in 1884 as a French fishing-boat yard founded by Benjamin Bénéteau on the Atlantic ...
Performance Sailing – Beneteau First 44 Review
C&C 40 Used Boat Review: The Beneteau First 44 Performance is not just another modern cruiser. In this Practical Sailor boat tour, we take a close look at the First 44 Performance and explain what makes this boat so different from the standard First 44, including the carbon mast, deeper perfor...
New Rules in Florida for Derelict Boats
Do-It-Yourself Fuel Tank Cleaning: Florida is one of the best places in America to own a boat, but it also has a growing problem with abandoned, at-risk, and derelict vessels. In this Practical Sailor episode, we look at Florida’s derelict boat crackdown, what makes a vessel legally “derelict,” wh...
Can a Normal Sailor Actually Buy a Foiling Dinghy Now?
Hurricane Center Changes Every Skipper Should Know: Foiling sailboats used to belong to the extreme edge of the sport: America’s Cup teams, SailGP, Olympic sailors, Moths, kite foilers, and high-performance racing programs. But now companies like BirdyFish are trying to bring hydrofoil sailing to...
Free Boat Inspection – Deck Core
In this episode, we start inspecting Dagmar, our free sailboat project, and one of the first big questions is hiding right under our feet: is the deck core rotten? A free boat can be an amazing opportunity, but it can also be a floating invoice with sails, so before we get too excited, we’re checkin...
The $89k 55 Foot Bluewater Yacht That Got Cheap Enough to Be Dangerous
Pearson Rhodes 41/Rhodes Bounty II Used Sailboat Review: The Tayana 55 is one of the most tempting used bluewater cruising sailboats on the market: a 55-foot center cockpit offshore yacht with serious tankage, a big aft cabin, heavy displacement, beautiful teak joinery, and the kind of long-distan...
Which Bottom Paint Do I Choose??
Caulks Versus Mildew: Choosing the right bottom paint for your sailboat can get confusing fast. Ablative bottom paint, hard bottom paint, copolymer ablative, self-polishing antifouling, VC-17, racing bottom paint, copper-free antifouling, aluminum-safe bottom paint, and multi-season bottom paint a...
Hans Christian 33: The Tiny Bluewater Legend Nobody Sells
Cabot 36 Used Boat Review: The Hans Christian 33 is one of the most beloved older bluewater cruising sailboats ever built, and in this Practical Sailor review we take a close look at why this heavy-displacement, full-keel cutter still has such a strong following. Designed by Harwood Ives and built ...
The Boat Upgrades That Actually Matter
Winch Buyer’s Guide: A Look at 7 Brands and 76 Self-Tailing Models: What are the best boat upgrades you can make… without wasting money? I asked the Lady K Sailing Facebook community a simple question: what’s the one upgrade you installed that actually changed your day-to-day life onboard? Not the...
Halcyon 23 | Too Small to Live On?
Bob Perry’s Salty Tayana 37-Footer: Boat Review: Could you really live on a small sailboat, go cruising cheap, or chase the sailing dream without buying a huge expensive boat? In this episode, we look at the Halcyon 23, a tiny British pocket cruiser that asks a very old question: how much boat do ...
Are Lithium Batteries on Sailboats Actually Dangerous?
Lithium Batteries for Small Boats: Install Guide: Are lithium batteries on sailboats actually dangerous, or is the panic bigger than the real risk? In this Practical Sailor video, we look at the truth behind lithium batteries on boats, including marine LiFePO4 house banks, lithium iron phosphate b...