Marine Watches
Water resistance is essential in a nautical watch. Each of the watches comes with a manufacturer's claim, either a depth or number of atmospheres...
Seaboots Under $100
Choosing the right sea boot is a bit like picking a spouse. It gets personal, and if you don't get it right you can...
Cold-Weather Gloves
For sailors, gloves can serve two purposes—keeping the hands from getting chewed up, and keeping the hands warm. Usually in the summer, or in...
Brinkmann, LSI, Optronics Shine Bright in Spotlight Test
If you've ever tried to locate a channel marker on a dark night, or to read the number on an unlit buoy in the...
The State of Our Soles
We've been wearing two styles of Body Glove deck shoes for about three months-the Bowline, which is a sneaker-type deck shoe, and the Whitewater,...
Boat Bags: Watershed, SealLine Dominate; West a Best Buy
Sack duffels: The West Marine Explorer Dry Bag is our Best Buy, simply because for $19 it will hold the most gear and keep...
Personal Rescue Lights: Less Than Brilliant
If theres a lesson to be learned about personal rescue lights -the kind you have strapped or pinned to your PFD for when...
Sunglasses: MJ Commanders Lead Way; Serengetis a Best Buy
For most people, sunglasses are all about style. For sailors, however, they play a critical safety role in personal health as well as the...
Offshore Log: Seeing in the Dark
Two of the most important tools on our night passages through the Java Sea and South China Sea were our Fujinon FMTR-SX binoculars and...
Lifesling Goes Throwable
Were safety conscious at Practical Sailor. Readers know that, from the numerous articles about our in-the-water and bench tests. We rarely fail to comment...
Sailboat Cost of Ownership – New York, Vermont, Ontario, Quebec
Interested in buying a sailboat but worried about the cost of ownership? Things like sailboat maintenance, marina or yacht club yearly fees, parts and...
Latest Sailboat Review
Grampian 26 Used Boat Review
The first fiberglass auxiliary sailboats were built in the late 1950s; for the record, the first was the 40-foot Philip Rhodes-designed Bounty II (1956),...