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...
Is AIS Chipping Away at Our Freedoms?
Sailors who read George Orwells 1984 when it was first published 62 years ago probably wrote off being tracked as a technological feat that...
Pump Details: Wiring, Clamps, and Inlet Ports
All the test toilets had at least one electric pump to handle supply and flushing duties; some had one pump for each job. The...
The Modern-day Flush: Push All the Right Buttons
Several of the units PS looked at came with what might be called “smart” flushing capability. Instead of a simple momentary switch—push to flush,...
Note to Testers: Sports Section Not Required
For performance comparison, we hooked up the pumps to a 12-volt battery, installed the proper hoses for water intake and waste discharge, evaluated ease...
A Permanent Mount for the Sensibulb LED Reading Light
A Permanent Mount for the Sensibulb LED Reading LightBy Thomas WetherbeeI have always been a big fan of brass berth lights, but have never...
Maintaining Your Boat’s Electrical System
The storage battery’s chemical reaction is reversible, which means that it can be recharged, and will be continuously, as long as the engine is...
Getting the Charge Out of Lightning
Miraculously, relatively few people are injured in lightning strikes. Frequently, of course, no one is aboard the boat when it is struck, and it...
Full Tour of this IMPRESSIVE Sailboat – The Jeanneau Yachts 55
Are you shopping for a world cruising 55 foot sailboat? At this years Miami International Boat show we caught up with Jeanneau and toured...
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When the Cape Dory 30 entered production in 1976, it was the largest boat in the expanding line of the Taunton, Massachusetts boatbuilder. In...