Major mast failures usually begin as minor hardware problems. At least that’s what scrap-bin forensics seems to confirm. So, instead of dreading a dismasting, prevent it with a sensible approach to ...

Clive Strickett is a rugged guy, so it takes strong arms to winch him aloft to the masthead. But that’s exactly where you want him: eyeball to halyard sheave, looking for problems. He’s a veteran ...

Like everyone else in my local Laser Frostbite Fleet 413, for a few hours every Sunday during the miserably frigid Newport, Rhode Island, winter I escape the house and savor a few hours of me time.

The pain in my lower back and left shoulder serve as reminders of time spent earlier in the week rigging a new sonar unit on a boat. Boat ownership seems to provide a couple constants: One, that there ...

With the recent activity surrounding experimentation with a new Laser rig and widespread speculation, many Laser sailors are left with a flurry of questions: Will I have to shell out big bucks for a ...