Should We Care About the America’s Cup?
Will this year be any different? I am hopeful. For one thing, the host city-while not short on super-wealth-has a pretty low tolerance (by...
Choosing a Life Raft
Our recent article on life raft inspections included a comparison of the more common recreational packs.These basic items include paddles, sea anchor with line,...
Lug-a-jug, Lug-a-jug
While the rest of North America was soaking up the holiday season, our intrepid systems tester Frank Lanier and Managing Editor Ann Key were...
Highlights from 2012, Preview of 2013
I want to thank our subscribers new and old who have joined us on this voyage. I say voyage because, if anything, that is...
Testing the Kannad SafeLink and Mobilarm V100
The Type III life jackets, on the other hand, offered several attachment options that worked better. We tried a variety of Type III jackets...
Fuel Vent Rules Are Out of Whack with Reality
Well, the first year without subsidizing U.S. refiners and farmers for using corn to make ethanol-blended gasoline has passed, and the world didnt end....
Talking Olympic Dreams with Nichole Rider
People often ask us what we do with the gear after we test it. With a few exceptions, most of the products go to...
A Short List of Centerboard Cruising Boats
Being stuck on the west coast of Florida, with two shoaling channels offering the easiest access out to the Gulf of Mexico, Ive suddenly...
Report Sheds Light on Deaths Aboard Aegean
US Sailing, the governing body of sailing in the U.S., has released the results of its investigation into the sailing accidentin which four sailors...
Rescuing The Bounty and the U.S. Coast Guard
By now most every Practical Sailor reader is probably aware of the fate of The Bounty, the tall ship of Hollywood movie fame. It...
AMAZING Sailboat Drones, US Navy Deploys 65 Foot Sailing Drone
Sailing Drones are WILD! The New Jersey drone sightings aren’t the only things making waves in the world of unmanned vehicles. Sailing drones are...
Latest Sailboat Review
Catalina 42 Mk I and Mk II
Under the guidance of Frank Butler, who founded the company in 1969, Catalina Yachts’ philosophy is to offer “as much boat for the money...