How to Choose New Sails, Covers & Batten Cars for Your Sailboat
A working overview of how to choose new sails, protect them with the right covers, and keep your mainsail running on a smooth batten car system, with real, active MAURIPRO...
Main Categories InfoHow-To Guides
A guided overview of how a sailboat’s main gear categories fit together — hardware, rigging, sails, electronics, and more — so you know where each system starts and how they connect.
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What Safety Equipment Do You Need for Sailing? The Complete Guide
A working overview of what safety gear a sailboat actually needs — life jackets, man-overboard recovery gear, AIS and CO monitoring, sea anchors, and distress signals — with the real,...
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How to Maintain Your Sailboat's Plumbing System: Pumps, Heads & Watermakers
A working overview of a sailboat's plumbing system — bilge pumps, heads, water filtration, watermakers, and thru-hull valves — with the real, active MAURIPRO gear that covers each one.
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How to Maintain Your Sailboat: Deck, Cockpit, Hull & Rigging
A working overview of sailboat maintenance across four areas -- above-deck hardware, cockpit & galley, hull, and rigging -- with the real MAURIPRO gear that covers each one.
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How to Organize Your Sailboat's Cockpit, Galley & Cabin
A practical rundown of cockpit, galley, and cabin gear — seating, drink holders, boarding ladders, coolers, and below-deck storage — for a mid-size cruising sailboat.
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How to Choose Engine & Propellers: The Complete Category Guide
A practical walkthrough of sailboat engine and propeller systems — helm controls, cooling, engine mounts, CO monitoring, and how folding vs feathering propellers cut drag under sail.
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How to Choose Electrical Systems: The Complete Category Guide
A sailboat electrical system comes down to four things working together: a battery charger sized to your house bank, a solar or shore-power source to keep it charged, circuit breakers...
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How to Choose Electronics & Navigation: The Complete Category Guide
Electronics & Navigation is one integrated system built around a shared NMEA 2000 network — chartplotter, radar, autopilot, sailing instruments and transducers all talk to each other. This guide maps...
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How to Choose Sailing Gear: The Complete Category Guide
Sailing gear is a layered system of base layers, insulation and a waterproof shell, plus footwear, bags and accessories chosen for the job they do. This guide maps the five...
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How to Ventilate a Sailboat: Hatches, Portlights & Airflow
A boat stays healthy when it breathes: hatches and portlights bring in light and air, and heating manages the moisture that causes damp. This guide explains how the two layers...
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How to Choose Spars & Rigging: The Complete Category Guide
Rigging splits into two jobs with two rulebooks: standing rigging holds the mast up and is sized by breaking load, while running rigging makes the boat go. This guide covers...
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How to Choose Anchoring & Docking Gear: The Complete Category Guide
Anchoring and docking gear is chosen around holding power and close-quarters control. Learn how the anchor, rode, windlass, thrusters and docking hardware form one system — and why you size...
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How to Choose Sailboat Hardware: The Complete Category Guide
Every piece of deck hardware is chosen the same way: match it to the load it carries and keep the system consistent. This guide maps the sections — blocks, winches,...
