Offshore Log: In Use Report –Atkins & Hoyle Deck Hatches
Most boatowners rarely have the option of selecting their deck hatches. When you build your own boat, however, you don't just get to make...
Offshore Log: When Dreams Change
Raiatea, French Polynesia, is a tropical backwater. Just 130 miles from the modern urban sprawl of Tahiti, the island is a reminder of the...
Offshore Log: In Use Report -Atkins & Hoyle Deck Hatches
Most boatowners rarely have the option of selecting their deck hatches. When you build your own boat, however, you don't just get to make...
Offshore Log: An Evolution in EPIRBs
Sailing shorthanded makes you think a lot about safety. Even after you develop confidence in your boats ability to take what the ocean hands...
Offshore Log: A Cruise Under Pressure
Nick Nicholson, former editor of Practical Sailor, and Maryann Mecray built the 40-foot, Saga-class Calypso from a bare hull in the driveway of their...
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Fire & Flame GuardIt's a clich but also true that theres nothing as scary as a fire on a boat, or anywhere else for...
GPS 406 MHz EPIRBs: ACR vs. NAT
The prime electronic rescue device has for many years been the EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon).The original concept of the EPIRB was a...
Offshore Log:A Dash to New Zealand
Calypso motored quietly into Opua, New Zealand, in the evening of a perfect early spring day-a welcome conclusion to a rough, fast, 2500-mile passage...
Safety Harness Tests
Practical Sailor is pleased to present the results of destructrive and practical testing of safety harnesses and tethers by the Sailing Foundation of Seattle,...
Top 10 Products for 1999
Choosing the best gear for sailboats isn't easy. But at Practical Sailor were used to doing just that. The job is easiest when empirical...
A Terrible Sailing Accident – SV Platino
This week, a cautionary tale of sailing vessel Platino. A sailing accident, equipment failure leading to dismasting and rescue. We discuss what led up...
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