Low-draw LED Anchor Light

On the back page of the Fall 1999 Davis catalog are six new products—amber, red and white LED Clusters™ in either single- or double-contact...

PS Advisor 05/01/99

CQR AnchorIn your anchor tests in sand (January 1, 1999) you rated a 22-lb. Bruce against a 35-lb. CQR. Why not a 33-lb. Bruce,...

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...

Special Section – AnchoringAnchor and Mooring Chains: Vinyl-Covered Chain is the Pits

Our attention was forcefully drawn to the subject of mooring chains when the chain anchoring our raft, the Foulbottom, parted in a storm, and...

Special Section – AnchoringIn Mud, the CQR and Barnacle Rank at the Top of...

If you spend time over mud bottoms, the anchor to have, according to Practical Sailors latest round of anchor tests, is a good old...

Special Section – AnchoringAnchor and Mooring Chains: Vinyl-Covered Chain is the Pits

Our attention was forcefully drawn to the subject of mooring chains when the chain anchoring our raft, the Foulbottom, parted in a storm, and...

Special Section – AnchoringIn Mud, the CQR and Barnacle Rank at the Top of...

If you spend time over mud bottoms, the anchor to have, according to Practical Sailors latest round of anchor tests, is a good old...

Banish Junky Anchor Rode Markers

For the boat owner who thinks he has everything, there is yet still another bit of electronic wizardry…a widget that tells you how much...

Sea Anchors & Drogues

Sea anchors are as old as seafaring. Sailors through the ages have carried buckets, bags, cones—just about everything except the kitchen sink—and thrown them...

PS Advisor

Bruce vs. ClawAs a PS subscriber I have happily read your various anchor tests. Id decided on a Bruce 66 pounder-or at least until...

The Boat From True Spirit – Sparkman & Stephens

True Spirit is a 2023 Australian biographical drama film directed by Sarah Spillane and written by Spillane, Cathy Randall, and Rebecca Banner. The film...

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