Communications Options
As much as sailors like to get away from it all, there's never been a time when we haven't wished at least for the...
The Yeoman Alternative
Over the past few years, we've done a lot of reporting on chart plotters and navigation software—some pretty amazing stuff that gets only...
Handheld VHF Radios: Standard Horizon, Icom Dominate
Handheld VHF radios appear to be one of the few areas in the marine electronics market that shows continuous change and improvement. Most models...
Choose Your Own Seductions
Here's a letter and response we were going to run in Mailport this month, but we'll run it in this space instead: ----------As I...
To See and Be Seen
The subject of radar reflectors around yacht club bars is usually dominated by an almost infinite variety of anecdotal tales, most of which have...
Family Radios
Five years ago, when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized the use of 14 high-frequency channels for low power “walkie-talkies,” its intent was to...
Five GPS Handhelds
Yes, it's again time to look at handheld GPS receivers, which have now officially become a consumer commodity. Sales of receivers to hikers,...
Electric Propulsion: Solomon Technologies’ High-Wire Act
As much as we like to believe that we're purists when it comes to sailing, the auxiliary engine is obviously very important to most...
Website Shopping at the Big Four
As a marketplace, the Worldwide Web promises new convenience—linking consumers to a limitless supply of goods that can be had with the speed of...
Ozone Machine Update
Slightly more than 10 years ago, Practical Sailor took note of the odor- and mildew-destroying capabilities of a machine called an ozone generator. In...
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...
Latest Sailboat Review
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...