Hefty Horizontals:Powerful Lewmar H3 is a Rode Warrior

We contacted Imtra, the U.S. distributor for Muir, and told them of our results during rode testing. Imtra advised us to try the unit...

Windlasses: Maxwell, Lewmar Look Good; Lofrans Project 1500 Slips

The Muir Atlantic VRC 1000 is $2,385. It carries a 3-year warranty.Bottom Line: A solid windlass that beats its own claims, but still trails...

Windlasses Under $1,000 — Maxwell Victorious Again

Bottom Line: Overall, this is the most powerful windlass in its class. We'd pick this windlass when anchor breakout loads or working loads...

Windlasses Under $1,000 — Maxwell Victorious Again

Bottom Line: Overall, this is the most powerful windlass in its class. We'd pick this windlass when anchor breakout loads or working loads...

Bungy

Among the more worrisome situations for any boat owner is lying at anchor in roily conditions. It usually calls for an anchor watch, especially...

Windlass Test

Around here, one test often leads to another. Guess what came to mind as we broke our backs all day in a recent anchor...

PS Advisor: 02/01/04

Anchoring Hand SignalsYour recent article on anchoring prompted a discussion among friends. Is there an agreed-upon set of hand signals for anchoring, between...

Kellets On the Rode

The day after our anchor tests this year we took a couple of commercially made anchor rode sentinels (also called kellets) out into the...

Anchor Tests 2003: Soft Sand Over Hard Sand

The more we test anchors, the more we remind ourselves of the obvious: This is a topic fraught with variables. It's like the blind...

A Tale of Two Anchors

It was October, but the water was still warm enough for swimming, so one of us went overboard with a mask, set the anchor...

Catalina 356 Cruising Sailboat with BIG Features!

Thirty-six-foot Sailboats didn’t always have aft cabins, island beds, in-mast furling, electric windlasses and winches. The all-new Catalina 356 is a couple’s cruising boat...

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The Ranger Yacht division of Jensen Marine was created in 1969 to build performance-oriented boats designed by Gary Mull. Jensen’s Cal division had been...