USCG Safety Alert Concerning DSC-equipped VHFs
Most of today’s fixed VHF marine radios come equipped with Digital Selective Calling (DSC) capability, and many high-end handheld VHFs do as well. For...
Local Loft Versus Web-based Service
Not every sailor has a selection of local sailmakers to choose from. He or she must instead rely on Internet research and phone conversations...
Chandlery: August 2011
The ToolPak retails for $100 and is guaranteed to be free of defects in workmanship and materials for one year.Compared to the last toolbag...
Pros and Cons of Lowrance’s BR24 Broadband Radar
Getting these types of results at close range will depend on the placement of the radar antenna. Like conventional radar, the BR24 is limited...
Pros and Cons of Lowrances BR24 Broadband Radar
Getting these types of results at close range will depend on the placement of the radar antenna. Like conventional radar, the BR24 is limited...
Design for: Through-Deck Fittings for Coaxial Cable
Sealing the holes in decks where Loran and VHF antenna cables penetrate is a fairly common problem on modern boats. If there were only...
Route-planning Software Review
For this evaluation, we decided to use the Visual Passage Planner to re-create a historic passage by Joseph Conrad in 1888. By Conrads account,...
Chandlery: June 2011
In our eternal quest to be fouling-free beneath the waterline, we recently picked up a tube of Prop Glop antifoulant for propellers and running...
Speed Tools Give Racing Sailors Starting-line Advantage
Once the start line is defined, the ProStart will display distance to line within .75 to 3 meters, depending on the location of satellites...
New-gen Night Vision for Mariners
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For a long time, seeing in the dark was a pipedream put in the same column as eternal youth and sure-thing investment opportunities. Times...
The AMAZING 50 Footer You’ve Never Heard Of – Pegasus 50...
A 50 footer packed with innovation for shorthanded cruising, the Pegasus 50 has features like carbon fiber rig, bulkheads, and bimini. When compared to...
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Pacific Seacraft 34 and 37
Pacific Seacraft was founded in 1976 by Henry Morschladt and Mike Howarth, who first produced 25-foot daysailers. Like many boatbuilders, the company suffered during...