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Mailport 11/00
Knife TestsI was interested to see your comments on the Myerchin Navigator knife tested in the June issue, as that is the knife I...
Towing Generator Field Report
For free power when under sail on ocean passages, towing generators are hard to beat. In the early 1980s I purchased a first generation...
I Have Seen the Future of Cruising
Earlier this summer, former Practical Sailor editor and current Chairman of the 34th Americas Cup Measurement Committee Nick Nicholsoncasually mentioned that, unlike in 2006...
Introducing Sweet Opal
Twenty-one years ago, my planned four-year circumnavigation was going on its 11th year. (If you’re young and broke, that’s precisely how a four-year circumnavigation...
Extending the Bow: Are Add-on Sprit Kits Worth It?
Already de rigueur with many performance-oriented sailors, easy-to-handle lightweight sails are gaining popularity with cruisers. And setting a gennaker, asymmetric spinnaker, or a new...
Mailport: 02/08
Viva LavacI read that you are going to review the Lavac head in the future. I have one on my Bristol Channel Cutter 28...
Shannon Shoalsailer 35
Sequestered in a warren of buildings in the heart of Rhode Island’s boatbuilding capital — Bristol — Shannon Yachts is a semi-custom boatbuilder that...
PS Advisor: 11/15/04
Hurricane PreparationMy boat was lost in a recent bout with Hurricane Frances. My mooring had just been completely rebuilt from the bottom up. Two...
Seaward 25
Nick Hake graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering in 1974, then pulled up stakes and left the cold Great Lakes winters for sunny...
Details from a Delivery
At Practical Sailor we field a lot of questions about offshore sailing, the pursuit of which some take as a matter of course, others...