Whatever Floats Your Sensor
For those of us who sail lakes and coastal waters, knowing the status of ourstorage tanks with some degree of accuracy is the mark...
Whirlie Bird Anti-Fowlant
Every boat owner sooner or later becomes familiar with the degrading effects of the marine environment. Whether theyre barnacles along the waterline, metal fittings...
Consumers Edge: Practical Sailor Takes a Look at Updating Digital Charts
Two years have passed since we compared digital charts for dedicated chartplotters ("Electronic Charts," February 2006), and since then, a whole new generation of...
Practical Sailor Takes Interphases New Forward-Looking Sonar for a Spin
With charts and GPS, it is not too difficult to avoid dangers. However, cruisers are increasingly sailing to places like Labrador or Southern Patagonia-such...
Happily Aground Again
Im not sure why this months Ocean Tested review of the new forward-looking sonar from Interphase Technologies, the SE-200 (page 14), gives me the...
VHF Exterior Speakers Test: Can You Hear Me Now?
Bottom Line: Neither Speco unit shined enough to earn a buy rating, but Speco was one of only two speaker makers that offer a...
Xantrex Battery Accessories
During our wind generator comparison (June and July 2007),Practical Sailorhad a chance to evaluate the performance of two Xantrex products that were integral to...
Icom Updates VHF
We last reported on handheld VHF radios in an October 2006 review of eight units priced under $175. The Uniden MHS350 ($150) took top...
Practical Sailor Editors Pick the Best Sailing Gear of the Year 2007
Over the last year, weve reviewed everything from thermo-electric coolers to snatch blocks, navigation software, PBO rigging, and even sunscreens. The 2007 Practical Sailor...
Going Overboard With Remote Controls
Recently, I had the exercise of chasing my two sons, Ben and Jake, around one of the many fall boat shows that again left...
Catalina 34 Used Boat Review
Are you shopping for a 30 to 36 foot sailboat? One of the hottest selling mid thirty footers on the used sailboat market right...
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Caliber 40 LRC Used Boat Review
Brothers George and Michael McCreary, and Marshall Jones, formed Caliber Yachts Inc. as a backyard boatbuilding company in 1979. No strangers to the sailing...