Sail Delmarva

Performance boat sailors will do crazy things to save an ounce. I was just packing a small tool bag to leave on my F-24 and was a little app...

rev. 7-25-2024 Keel boat sailors think in terms of feet when measuring the depth of the bilge.  Multihull sailors think in terms of inches. ...

Winter seems to be the season for shredded head sails. Taking the sail down and storing either in the cabin, or better, at home is the be...

Working at the pointing end of monos and tris can be a real challenge.The deck pinches down to nothing, making reaching the anchor, attachin...

Crazy? Probably, but I had an old dog of a sail that wouldn't withstand stitching and needed something.  I tested some paints on test pa...

This appeared this spring in Herring Bay (north side--the Deale breakwater is just visible behind the boat's bow). I guess this guy was ...

This is what you get with the weeds in the marina are worse than the weeds in your yard. But they can't keep up. They started in 1987 ...

Yup another Practical Sailor Teaser. A year ago I began researching the use of paint for UV protection on roller furling jibs. I start...

July 1, 2019 It's an old railway bridge abutment along side a rails-to-trails path. Someone got busy with spray p...

I'm not an air show guy. I'm not into old planes. But this past weekend I joined the family at the Bealton Flying Circus and was wow...