PFDs Set Straight
Personal Flotation Device, or PFD—the thing you used to call a life jacket—is probably the single most important safety aid you can use on...
Wrestling With PFDs
We have a good article on PFDs this month, and it's worried me every time I've looked at it. These worries can probably be...
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...
Offshore Log: Mediterranean Idyll
The central Turkish port of Marmaris is the heart of the burgeoning eastern Mediterranean charter boat business. Netsel Marmaris Marina is filled with hundreds...
Offshore Log: A Haulout in Turkey
At the same time, our topsides man showed up with his helper to buff out the topsides. We also had him do a gelcoat...
Fire Extinguishers: A Good Bunch, But Get More than the Minimum
Another factor that struck us is the dramatic loss of visibility that occurs when you use one of these extinguishers. Our fire became completely...
Steering Compasses: Show Me the Way to Go Home
In a brisk southerly, headed west out of Mackinaw City, the sloop slipped from Lake Huron into Lake Michigan, bound for Beaver Island-which has...
Dead-Reckoning
A friend recently made a short delivery on a boat whose compass was fully 30 degrees deviated. No one worried about it. No one...
Offshore Log: An Introduction to Europe
In Cyprus, we provisioned for about three months of cruising, so that we only need to top up fresh vegetables along the way. Our...
PS Advisor: July 2001
Lexan vs. PlexiIm planning to replace my wooden companionway boards with translucent plastic. Is there a difference between Lexan and plexiglass? Can both be...
The UNIQUE Maxus 26 Lifting Keel Trailer Sailor
What is the best trailerable sailboat? One big feature is the mast stepping system. Today we look at trailer sailors like the Catalina 275,...
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Beneteau began building boats in France in 1884 when Beneteau opened shop for the purpose of constructing trawlers at Croix-de-Vie. Eighty years later, under...