PS Advisor: Sea Anchor Sizing
I read your interesting article, "Best Tested Sea Anchors," in the Feb. 1, 2005 issue. I applied the sizing tables from each of the...
Heavy Weather Sailing Gear
From sea anchors, drogues, and trysails to forereaching and heaving to, tactics and gear for surviving a storm at sea vary greatly. During a...
Mailport: 01/09
A Pitch for Ultimate SoleIn the December 2007 Practical Sailor Advisor, you requested feedback on Ultimate Sole, a product for coating cabin soles. Two...
Practical Sailors Heavyweight Anchors Test 2008
In a followup to the November 2008 shoreside testing of three large cruising anchors, this field report offers a glimpse of how the Manson...
Practical Sailor Names 13 Products Best Gear of the Year
Practical Sailor’s annual wrap-up of the year’s best sailing equipment looks at our favorite top-rated products from November 2007 to November 2008, including the...
Product Test: Heavyweight Cruising Anchors for Challenging Anchorages
One of a cruising anchors most important traits is its ability to set easily (and reset after a wind shift) in the widest possible...
Alarming Trend Shows Minimal-duty Windlasses Becoming More Common on Cruising Sailboats
There was a time when "built to last" was the bold theme that drove marine manufacturing. Cast bronze cleats, stem fittings, and other simple...
Nearing the End of Our Chain – Mooring Chains Tested
In the time weve had our seven bits of mooring chain in the water-2 years-we could have gotten a masters degree. We could have...
Gear for Battening Down Ahead of Storms
No one need lecture most sailboat owners about the profound dangers of hurricanes and tropical storms. That goes double for those whose boats are...
Three New Anchors Throw Their Weight Into the Practical Sailor Anchor Chronicles
While the original design carries only a one-year warranty, PS was glad to see that XYZ has given the Extreme anchors a lifetime warranty.Bottom...
A Rival for Island Packet, Made in China – Outbound 46...
Like Kraken Yachts and some Passport sailboats, Outbound Yachts are made in China. It's heavy like an Island Packet, but fast like a Beneteau....
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Pearson 303 Used Boat Review
The Pearson 303, introduced in 1983, is a fairly typical example of the kind of work Pearson was doing in the mid-1980s, continuing until...