Where Credit Is Due: June 2015
In the middle of spring cleaning and waxing, my Shurhold polisher up and quit. A quick email to Shurhold (www.shurhold.com) resulted in their eager...
Mounting an SSB Antenna on a Gaff-rig boat
Any suggestions for an SSB-radio antenna installation on a 32-foot boat with a gaff rig and no backstay? Also, the hull ismild steel, and...
Recalled Fire Extinguishers
Spring is a good time to check your fire extinguishers to be sure they havent expired, but if you own a Kidde extinguisher, youll...
Mailport: May 2015
Based on PSs test results (see PS January 2012), I refinished my nonskid using the Durabak white textured-UV product in 2014. I followed the...
The Mystery of the Bulging Fin Keel
I was reading a Mailport letter in the December 2014 issue of Practical Sailor, and it led me to your May 27, 2014 blog...
Mailport: April 2015
I enjoyed your article on the Catalina 34 (see PS March 2015 online). I have owned a 1991 Mk1.5 (sn 1120), and currently own...
Product Update
Since our last large-scale field test of wind generators (see PS, July 2007 online), our Budget Buy pick, the KISS high-output wind generator, has...
Fixing a Moldy Waste Hose
I am a part-time live-aboard and sail from Maine to Grenada. I have a mold problem on my two-year-old Shields VAC XHD series 148...
Mailport: March 2015
I have a question about your February 2015 foul-weather gear test. You tested and measured the jackets, but you did not mention the actual...
Where Credit Is Due: March 2015
We recently bought a good old boat that came with Technautics CoolBlue refrigeration (www.technauticsinc.com). One of the two units quit shortly after we took...
The UNIQUE Maxus 26 Lifting Keel Trailer Sailor
What is the best trailerable sailboat? One big feature is the mast stepping system. Today we look at trailer sailors like the Catalina 275,...
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Beneteau began building boats in France in 1884 when Beneteau opened shop for the purpose of constructing trawlers at Croix-de-Vie. Eighty years later, under...