OneTouch Makes Winch Work a Cinch
Testers used the single-grip OneTouch during a recent delivery aboard a Frers 71 from Florida to the Caribbean. We found it to be a...
SeaPack Desal System Turns Salt Water into Sweet Water
Options for securing water at sea during emergency situations have traditionally been limited to solar stills, catchment systems, portable reverse osmosis units, or pre-staging...
3dB VHF Antenna Test
Buy a good VHF radio and an even better VHF antenna. Thats advice that we have all heard at one time or another. But...
Ocean Testing the Best Sailing Gear
My partner, Beth, and I have sailed more than 85,000 nautical miles, including a three-year tropical circumnavigation via Cape Hope and an eight-year, high-latitude...
Mailport: 12/06
MARINE INSURANCE REDUXI have been reading with much interest your articles about marine insurance this year (April and May 2006). Every year, I look...
Waterproof iPod Cases
If youre like many sailboat owners, you like a little musical accompaniment on board. But most small and mid-size sailboats, particularly older boats, lack...
Pint-size Navigators Put to the Test
Arguably the most powerful navigational tool that can fit in your pocket, the handheld GPS has become more than just a means of fixing...
Rhumb Lines — Getting a Fix on Reality
It was mid-July 1990 on the Caicos Banks, a stretch of shallow, gin-clear water extending for about 70 miles east to west in the...
Nav Software Wars
Its been nearly five years since Practical Sailor took an in-depth look at PC navigation software, and its high time that we revisited the...
The Custom Marine Computer
Other choices for the average user include Apple Macintosh computers and Linux-based computers. The small, user-friendly Mac Mini is an obvious choice for a...
Diesel Overheating Dinghy Pump Hack
Bert Vermeer tells his story of an overheating Beta Marine 20 diesel sailboat engine with clogged sail drive intake ports and how he used...
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