Life Raft Test Part I: Choosing a Life Raft
Our life raft test is carried out against the backdrop of relatively new marine safety standards. New criteria for life rafts for recreational boats...
USCG: Time to Ditch Those 121.5/243 MHz EPIRBs
The U.S. Coast Guard instituted a ban on the use of both 121.5 and 243 MHz Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) on Jan....
Atlantic ICW Waters Run Not So Deep
Sailors plying the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) should be keeping an eye the one thats not on the depthsounder on the federal government. In...
Float Coats Tested
When you go overboard without meaning to, your world is almost literally turned upside down. Even in the best conditions, you’ll quickly want as...
Sailing Safety Tethers: Tested and Reviewed
The primary purpose of the safety harness tether, the vital link between you and the boat, is to keep the wearer aboard, not dragging...
Review of Life jackets for Dogs
Unlike humans, dogs instinctively know how to swim and most are very good at it. However, our canine friends can't tread water forever. If...
Mailport: 12/06
MARINE INSURANCE REDUXI have been reading with much interest your articles about marine insurance this year (April and May 2006). Every year, I look...
Rhumb Lines — Getting a Fix on Reality
It was mid-July 1990 on the Caicos Banks, a stretch of shallow, gin-clear water extending for about 70 miles east to west in the...
No Need To Travel Light
Abandon-ship bags are essentially the marine equivalent of a hiker’s can of grizzly bear pepper spray—both are purchased in the hope that they’ll never...
Nav Software Wars
Its been nearly five years since Practical Sailor took an in-depth look at PC navigation software, and its high time that we revisited the...
A Sailboat Tour of the Exquisite Little Harbor 63 Ketch
Are you interested in a sailboat tour of an ocean crossing bluewater sailboat lush with teak and fine woodwork? Join us as we take...
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