Perko, Hella, and Orca Green Shine
ConclusionsThese lights are tremendously expensive, no doubt. If money is tight, your decision will have to ride on your realistic intended uses for these...
DC Electrical Distribution Panels: Blue Sea Systems on Top
You just finished adding some important electronics to your boat—let's say a new VHF, and a combination knotmeter-depthsounder. Now, how do you get electricity...
A Speedseal and a Jabsco Puller
Alex Parker makes and sells Speedseals worldwide for most of the raw-water pumps commonly found in pleasure boats. Visit the website listed below, or call the toll-free...
Battery Selector Switches
ConclusionsThe Blue Seas switch is our choice for best value in a standard-duty battery selector switch. It's made in the U.S. with high-grade materials,...
Trolling Motor Test
The tiller handle extends 15" from the main shaft and can be easily extended to 21". The control head does not tilt upward. A...
12-Volt Booster Packs
Even so, assuming that this would be used on a decent-sized boat, and used as a jump-starter—rarely, we hope—it's hard to choose it over...
Cabin Heater Update
After a test report was published in the Jan. 1, 2005 issue on eight small portable electric heaters, a number of readers contacted Practical...
Portable Gas Generators
ConclusionsAll of these generators get the job done. The VST types do it differently—and each type has its pluses and minuses. The VSTs are...
Portable Cabin Heaters
Keeping warm on a cold night aboard a cruising boat can be a problem, particularly if it's a boat not equipped with a permanently-installed...
Washdown Pumps
All three 3.5 GPM rated pumps, the Blaster and the pair of Pro Blasters, performed adequately, ranging from 3.19 to 3.26 GPM in open-flow...
$650,000 Yacht Tour : Hanse 460 – This Luxury Cruising Sailboat...
In the $500,000+ cruising sailboat market, the competition for world traveling sailboats is full of exceptional sailing yachts like the Catalina 445, the Amel...
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MacGregor 26M Used Boat Review
MacGregor 26 has been a staple in the trailerable sailboat market for decades, and company literature claimed more than 7,000 of the original model...