Dear John: My wife is threatening to divorce me if I spend any more money on the boat. Can you help? --Desperate Dan, San Diego Well, Dan, I...

A FEW DAYS AGO I was editing an article for a forthcoming issue of Good Old Boat magazine. It said: “When you select a propeller, you shoul...

( Hop aboard every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for a new Mainly About Boats column by John Vigor) DAMN. IT’S COMING UP THANKSGIVING. Gott...

I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING for the perfect sailing hat for years. Still haven’t found it, but I’ve come close. I lost my hat the very first time ...

OLD WOTSISNAME IS WORRIED about the rigging that holds his mast up. “It’s tight now,” he said, twanging a wire, “but when I go sailing, the ...

I WAS ASKED the other day by someone who has spent a long time in the sub-tropics: “What do northern sailors do in winter?” Well, some go sk...

I’M NOT A GREAT FAN of lifelines. I suppose they may stop someone going overboard now and then, but mostly they just stand there doing nothi...