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Valiant 40: Reshaping the Cruising Hull

The Valiant 40 has a long history. In 1972, Nathan Rothman decided to start a boatbuilding business and approached old friend Bob Perry to...

Mailport: winch handle holders; pets on board

THE WINCH HOLSTER With regards to your recent report on winch handle holders (see “Winch Handle Holders,” PS July/August 2023), another approach to winch handle...

Is It Time to Get an Electric Dinghy Motor?

I’ve borrowed my dockmate’s electric dinghy. I bought my wife an e-bike and I know she would like an electric motor.  Small gas motors...

How Does the Gulf Stream Influence our Weather?

“Big High, Blue Sky, Goodbye…” All you need to get started, right? ...Not so fast. Heed another quote from Captain Ron, hero of the 1992...

PS Advisor: June 2001

Impeller AlternativesNearly every sailor I know, and almost every cruising account, tells horrorstories of failed raw water pumps/impellers. Alvah Simons North to theNight, page...

Self-Starting Diesel?

Perhaps it was somebodys idea of a joke. Who walks away from their boat and leaves the engine running? But when I climbed back...

Mailport: May 2010

I think the Wyliecat 30 would be a great boat review for Practical Sailor. From my perspective of having owned a number of larger...

Mailport: 08/06

In Praise of SaildrivesI noted in past PS articles, and those in other magazines, comments on saildrives. One such story was in regard to...

PS Advisor: Plumbing a Multi-pump Bilge

Your September 2010 issue had a great article on electric bilge pumps. My Pearson 424 ketch has a bilge sump that has to be...

Marine Satellite Weather Services Head-to-Head Test 2007

Marine electronics companies have joined forces with the two nationally known satellite radio providers, Sirius and XM, to provide weather information and weather maps...