What is the Best Backup for a 406 EPIRB?
Calling for help at sea is easier than ever before. And thats part of the problem.Rescue missions prompted by distress alerts from emergency position...
Stabilizing Cameras and Video Cameras Underway
Anyone who has ever tried to stabilize a camera aboard a moving boat knows how difficult it can be to keep the equipment dry,...
Marine Inverter-Chargers Test Part 2
The February issue launched our evaluation of marine inverter-chargers with a look at the inverter capabilities of devices from six manufacturers. This month, we...
Mailport: March 2010
Another sailboat owners’ group that should be added to your list of boat owners’ websites ("Website Roundup," January 2010) is the Friendship Sloop Society:...
Portable Sailing Tools for Tracking and Tuning Boat Speed
The marine GPS receiver in its purest form is meant to answer three important questions: Where are we? What direction are we going? How...
Which is the Best Marine Inverter-charger for Your Boat?
Modern boats are becoming increasingly complex electrically and electronically. Customer expectations call for all manner of home-like creature comforts on board. Things like flat-screen...
Practical Sailor Tracks Down the Best LED Tri-color Light
When it comes to navigation lights aboard sailboats, brighter is definitely better. And our latest tests of LED nav lights proved that more light...
Mailport: February 2010
I understand you are going to do an article on navigating by phone using the iPhone. I thought you may be interested in my...
Multiplexing Marine Electronics
In the last three years, Practical Sailor has looked at several ways to integrate personal computers into our navigation routine. In July 2006, we...
GPS Receivers for Smart Phone Navigators
Medicated chartplotters and charting software installed on computers without serial ports are slowly changing the architecture of marine GPS receivers. Where every marine GPS...
How to Have Happy Boat Kids from Marisa Evans on Women...
Women who sail is a great topic and raising kids on a sailboat can be a lot of fun too. From life jackets to...
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MacGregor 26M Used Boat Review
MacGregor 26 has been a staple in the trailerable sailboat market for decades, and company literature claimed more than 7,000 of the original model...