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...
Trolling Motor as Dinghy Auxiliary
For dinghy propulsion, if we can make this motor last a few years in the light-duty circumstances described above, we won't be going back...
Reintroducing Mr. Funnel
The Nov. 15, 2002 issue of Practical Sailor contained a report on 10 deck-fill fuel filters. Besides the results of tests (both visual and...
PS Advisor: 09/04
LEDs in EmergenceYou published a letter in your June 1 edition this year in which the writer questioned the feasibility of LED lights for...
EPIRB Update: 09/04
In the wake of independent tests conducted by the Equipped to Survive Foundation (ETS), wherein the GPS components of two EPIRB models from McMurdo...
The History of Cape Dory Sailboats
Cape Dory Yachts was founded in 1963 by Andrew Vavolotis in East Taunton, Mass. In the following 28 years, the company built over 2,800...
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Cape Dory 30 Used Boat Review
When the Cape Dory 30 entered production in 1976, it was the largest boat in the expanding line of the Taunton, Massachusetts boatbuilder. In...