Testers Compare Swivels, Look for Pin Creep
A hard-to-release snap shackle is both good news and bad news, it all depends on how the hardware will be used. In the case...
Stainless Steel: Advantages and Ailments
When the raw castings arrive at the hardware manufacturing facility, the first step is often to tumble them in a heavy-duty drum to remove...
Looking into High Test Myth
In recent years, our chain tests (see PS September 2006, July 2007, and July 2008 online) were limited to G30 and G43 (high-test) chain....
PS Asks Who Would Even Consider G7 Chain?
Our recent test comparing the breaking strength of new galvanized G70, G43, and G30 chain yielded some surprising findings and made us consider just...
Making Sense of Marine Chain Standards
Chain is made from wire. The cross-sectional area and strength of the wire determines the strength of the chain. The weld of each link...
Standouts from METS
CAN COOKTOPWalking the aisles of METS, you know youre in the Italian pavilion when youre suddenly blinded by all the highly polished stainless-steel products....
DIY Rigging Hacks
Photos by Jonathan Neeves
Over the years weve owned Josepheline, our 38-foot Lightwave catamaran, weve figured out a few simple fixes to some niggling onboard...
Moorings Soft Side
The short, can-shaped buoy is made of closed-cell foam bonded to a UV-resistant, schedule 40 (or higher) PVC pipe that runs through the buoys...
Real-World Anchoring
Photo by Joe Minick
After nearly four decades of being married to my CQR plow anchor, I decided to try a new anchoring solution aboard...
Testing Top-Down Furlers
Seldn GX15Seldns GX15 handled furling tasks quite nicely. Its a good combination of materials and engineering, carrying on the companys sensible commitment to investment-cast...
Com-Pac Sailboats – Everything You Need to Know
Are you looking for a trailerable sailboat? With Com-Pac's Mastendr system and stainless-steel centerboards, they might be the best trailer sailboats of all! Com-Pac...
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Islander Bahama 30 Used Boat Review
More than a few years ago my wife Carey and I were looking to move up from our O’Day 25 to something a little...