Gear of the Year: Top 10 Products for 2001
Icom IC-M502The fixed-mount VHF radio is probably the commonest electronic instrument found on anything afloat. It has occupied that priority position for many...
26 Practical Websites
It shouldn't come as too much of a surprise to learn that we at Practical Sailor do a lot of research on the Internet....
Personal Effects on Deck
By the time you read this, it will have been about six weeks since the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon were attacked. Those...
Universal Solvent?
Most of us have glued things together with 3M 5200 when we really should have used something that would have given us a snowball's...
A Plug for All Seasons
While the Practical Sailor editorial offices were being relocated this spring, a casual experiment was discovered—or rediscovered— on a windowsill behind a Venetian blind. It's...
Walker Bay Dinghies, 8 and 10
It took a moment to decide whether to make this article a boat review or a Chandlery piece—but only a moment. Walker Bay dinghies...
Give Me Enough Rope
Left to their own devices, some sailors buy rope the way Imelda Marcos used to buy shoes-impulsively, profligately, with a kind of bulemic...
By Way of the Web
Were awash in e-mail here at our editorial offices. We read every letter that comes in, and we copy many to appropriate folders for...
Rip Rap: June 2001
Click here to view "Pacific Seacraft 37 Correction."Click here to view "Do-It-Yourself Charger."
Robert N. Bavier, Jr. 1918-2001
Robert N. Bavier, Jr., an America’s Cup winning helmsman and one of the sport’s leaders for many years, died on Thursday, February 22, in...
HOW TO BUY A CHEAP SAILBOAT – $20,000 or less!
Buying a sailboat on a budget of $20,000 is easy! Today we’re looking at a Pearson 31, a Hunter 31, a Bristol 29.9, and...
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Catalina 34 Used Boat Review
American sailboat manufacturers have had their highs and lows, and many have dropped right off the map. But Catalina has been going strong for...