Practical Sailor Crowns Top Hats to Wear on the Water
Shade Shack CapThis little gem does everything the Aussie-style cap should do. It keeps the sun away and at a very affordable price (about...
Flir Camera Redefines Night Vision Onboard
Each press of the "Scene" button cycles between one of four modes of operation that include night running, day running, man overboard, and night...
Lights On for Practical Sailor Headlamp Round Up
Even if we never sailed at night, wed still need a flashlight-and often a third hand to hold it while we work with our...
Five Fingers Fit Like Gloves
Vibram, the Italian company known for putting the rubber sole into The North Face, Merrell, Timberland, Columbia, and Nike, has developed a funky-looking shoe...
North Face Tops Hands-on Glove Test
Staying warm at sea revolves around the right choice in clothing, and gloves are key part of the mix. Unfortunately, hand warmth and dexterity...
Protection from the Elements: Foul-Weather Gear Put to the Test with Earth, Wind and...
Both the jacket and trousers are taffeta-lined with mesh at the wrists, hem, and ankles for drainage. The Third Reef gear fit our testers...
A Slam Dunk
Italian sailing gear-maker Slam has recently come out with a new laptop backpack, a water-resistant tote for that all-important lifeline to global communications and...
Boat Shoe Update
Following Tevas top-ranked performance in the womens athletic-style sailing shoes test (July 2007), Practical Sailor editors decided to try out the latest mens Tevas...
Practical Sailor Sheds Some Light on LED Flashlights
Testers evaluated 25 different flashlights. Among these were products from Inova, Underwater Kinetics, Tektite, Sea Fit, Streamlight, Garrity, Pelican, Dr. LED, and IQ Lights....
Nikon and Fujinon go head-to-head in Practical Sailors test of image-stabilized binoculars
We pitted the Nikon 14x40 Stabil-Eyes against the Fujinon TS 1040 Techno-Stabi binocular, which beat out four competitors&emdash;priced from $500 to $1,300 and with...
$650,000 Yacht Tour : Hanse 460 – This Luxury Cruising Sailboat...
In the $500,000+ cruising sailboat market, the competition for world traveling sailboats is full of exceptional sailing yachts like the Catalina 445, the Amel...
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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...