Practical Sailors Marine Antifouling All-stars Lineup
This update to our continuous bottom paint test takes a look at four sets of paint panels from two locations (Long Island Sound and...
Practical Sailors 2007 Exterior Wood Finishes Test: Part I, Varnish
The marine environment can be incredibly harsh on a sailboats exterior wood, and protecting it is a never-ending project. So weve embarked on a...
Corrosion Protection Coating Test
Wouldn't it be nice if you could have a rust-proof boat? In search of our ideal anti-corrosion coating, we chose the products based largely...
Freshwater Antifouling Paints
Practical Sailors readers have long been asking for a test of antifouling paints in freshwater. Last summer, we sank antifouling paint-covered test panels in...
Boat Polish Test: One-Step Cleaner/Waxes
At Practical Sailor, were always looking for boat maintenance shortcuts. Typically, restoring and protecting an oxidized hull is a two-step process, compounding with a...
Marine Antifouling Paint Test
If you haven’t bought your bottom paint yet, there still may be time to order some old stock at last year’s prices, but as...
Fending Off the Funk
Hard or soft? Colored or white? Lots of copper or none? The challenge of picking a bottom paint these days is enough to leave...
Color Coated
In the chart of 2004, six of the 39 paints received Excellent overall ratings, and 10, including Awlgrip, received Good overall ratings. We thought...
The Bottom Paint Report
Indicative of the tangled web sailors enter when trying to select an anti-fouling paint, this year’s Practical Sailor anti-fouling paint test featured a huge...
The Brush Keeper
Poke your head up the hatch after waking up on board on a crystal clear morning in Port Townsend, WA's Point Hudson marina and...
Seven dead after superyacht sinks off Sicily. Was the crew at...
Superyacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Italy leaving a lot of questions. Was it her retractable keel being up and stowed? The freak...
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Ericson 41 Used Boat Review
Sailing the Salish Sea on Canada’s west coast is the dream of many a sailor. With a lifetime of sailing dinghies and messing about...