On The Edge
In our review of knives this month, we didn't have space to talk much about how important they are aboard a boat. They're vastly...
Review: Rescue Laser Flare
by Douglas S. RitterThe brilliant light from a laser would seem to be a natural for distress signaling, but it's only recently that a...
Personal Locator Beacons
]by Doug Ritter
The advantages of 406 MHz distress alerting over 121.5 MHz are significant and they are a proven lifesaver. The 121.5 MHz EPIRB...
PS Advisor: 10/15/03
Lifesling Recovery OptionsI've read about the difficulty of getting a crewmember back aboard once s/he's fallen into the water. It's not hard to imagine...
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...
Flamestop
There are some things you can’t have too many of. Fire extinguishers are a good example. A fire extinguisher is most effective when...
Glove Up!
There's a big market these days for "exam" gloves—the kind that used to be reserved for doctors and dentists, but are now used...
Hand Warmers
Quite a few of us are in the boatyard at the first hint of spring, even if the frost has not turned to dew....
Restoring Decks: Nonskid Options
There comes a time in the life of every fiberglass boat when the molded nonskid pattern on the deck wears thin. Foot traffic as...
Life Rafts
It's been only a couple of years since our exhaustive series of life raft reviews ("Life Rafts: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly"...
$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...