LED Flashlights
At the end of our last review of LED flashlights, only about three and half years ago, (March 2000) we said that the development...
Just the Numbers, Please: A Stand-Alone Sounder Sampling
Last December we reviewed fishfinders (aka scanning sounders) in Practical Sailor. If you're installing a depthsounder (and through-hull transducer) for the first time, and...
Monochrome GPS Plotter-Sounders
Type the words "combo unit" into an Internet search engine and you'll come up with quite a few responses. For sale: TV/VCR/DVD combo...
406 MHz EPIRBs
For those who regularly venture far enough offshore to make a mayday broadcast via VHF questionable—and this isn't many miles for small boats outside...
PS Advisor: 07/01/03
Data, Displays, and the NMEAI currently own navigation equipment from three different companies, primarily because I felt they were the best value or provided...
Integrated Instrument Systems
At some point, one or more of the instruments you installed 10 years ago, or that were on the used boat you purchased, will...
Watching the Flashers
We don't have cable or satellite TV at home. We have an antenna-an amplified antenna, mind you-and we can pick up, in...
Static-Free Satellite Radio: XM and Sirius
Last year, a reader asked when we were going to take a look at digital satellite audio radio… DS what? Seems there's an acronym...
Sailing Simulator Software
A lot has changed in computer technology since this publication last reviewed the sailing simulators available for home PCs, in the July 15, 1996...
Color GPS Chartplotters
We last covered color GPS chartplotters in the February 15, 2000 issue, almost an eon ago in the world of marine electronics. In that...
The History of Cape Dory Sailboats
Cape Dory Yachts was founded in 1963 by Andrew Vavolotis in East Taunton, Mass. In the following 28 years, the company built over 2,800...
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Cape Dory 30 Used Boat Review
When the Cape Dory 30 entered production in 1976, it was the largest boat in the expanding line of the Taunton, Massachusetts boatbuilder. In...