PS Advisor: 01/15/04
Holding Tank RefitsWe own a Com-Pac 25 and we enjoy making improvements to her. Now I'd like to replace all the flexible hose plumbing...
Tubefan
Practical Sailor has done a fair amount of reporting in the past couple of years on the topic of keeping food cold on...
King of Koolers?
We've published quite a few words in recent months on refrigeration, fridge-free foods, and thermoelectric coolers. In the midst of these efforts we received,...
Fridge-Free Food Follow-Up
Three months ago, in the March 2003 issue, we did an article about foods that need no refrigeration. It was uncharacteristic of the magazine,...
Thermoelectric Coolers: Four-Model Chilldown
The last time we tested thermoelectric coolers, back in December of 1996, we spent a fair amount of space describing the history and science...
Freshwater Pumps
At the heart of freshwater systems aboard boats are 12V pumps. Sometimes they're 24V, but that generally means you have a boat big enough...
Composting Marine Heads
The safe disposal of human waste in the waters of the world is a major problem today. A steady increase in the number of...
Manual Galley Pumps
Time was, pressurized freshwater systems on mid- and small-size boats were a rarity. The galley had a single manual pump to draw water out...
Refrigeration Survey 2002
The survey respondents operate their refrigerators for prolonged periods: 206 days a year, on the average. Surprisingly, no fewer than 39% told us that...
Portable Heads
As boatowners have had to cope with local no-discharge regulations, many have decided to yank their conventional heads for a far simpler solution: the...
How to Have Happy Boat Kids from Marisa Evans on Women...
Women who sail is a great topic and raising kids on a sailboat can be a lot of fun too. From life jackets to...
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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...