How-To: Windlass Installation Considerations

I grew up boating with the idea that you should keep everything simple and manual, and indeed, there are many valid reasons to honor this approach in 2026. Yet as my experience has grown to more than sixty years of sailing,…

How To: Understand Your Safety Gear, Part 2

Getting Someone Back Aboard The Boat

How-To Insulate Your Boat’s Windows

From the April 2021 48° North issue Spring is here, but outside it will still be predominantly cool and wet for a few months. Conversely and unsurprisingly, we would prefer the inside of our boats to be as warm and dry as…

Love Thy Diesel

PART 1: A PROPER PRE-START CHECKLIST From the May, 2019 issue of 48° North. Whether it is the main engine or a generator, any engine has a checklist of things to go over in the course of normal operation, as well as regular…


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