The $tingy Sailor

Think swing keel cables rarely break?

Summer Dance didn’t have much in the way of canvaswork when we bought her: an original mainsail cover and an old outboard engine cover that also looked pretty ghetto.

I’m very grateful for the modest success of the kits that I’ve offered here for more than seven years.

If you don’t have a headsail furler, a downhaul line is one of the easiest and least expensive control lines that you can add to your sailboat.

When we purchased Summer Dance, the standing rigging was one system that I knew I would need to replace right away.

When Summer Dance got beat up in a freak storm back in 2014, the damage was mainly in two areas.

It’s an enduring truth that appearances can be deceiving, especially with electrical systems.

Your ability to reef your mainsail is one of the most important sailing skills that you can learn.

Galvanic corrosion can happen when dissimilar metals, stainless steel and aluminum, for example, are in contact with each other, exposed to an electrolyte, and an electrical current is applied.

Just like a white shirt is a magnet for spaghetti stains, your sails are magnets for stains, dirt, and mildew.