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Marine Stereos on a Budget
ConclusionsAll of the test kits worked well, performed as specified, and were fairly easy to install and hookup. The four kits are all good...
Marine Systems Standouts
Practical Sailor spent much of the last 12 months testing marine-systems products—flushing toilets loaded with faux poo and cycling bilge pumps till they would...
Marine Wind Generator Test
The micro-wind turbines assembled for this comparison include the KISS High Output Wind Generator, the Rutland 913, the Superwind 350, the Ampair 100, and...
Marine Toilets – Tip #1
Once considered a frivolous luxury for larger sail boats and motoryachts, the new breed of electric heads are generally more compact, more reliable, and...
Portable Marine Refrigeration Test
One of the advantages of a compressor-driven portable refrigerator is that it can also serve as a freezer. And compared to thermo-electric coolers, they...
Marine Electronics Test: A Look at Combination Fishfinders and Chartplotters
2)]Standard Horizon CP180The CP180 chartplotter comes with a Smart GPS sensor. For the test, we added the Standard Horizon FF520 black-box sounder, an Airmar...
Monitoring Your Marine Battery Bank
Two recent tests graphically demonstrated the importance of monitoring state of charge in a boats batteries: Tracking Batteries, in the May 2015 issue and...
Testing Marine Battery Monitors
Our test gear comprised a ProMariner ProNautic 12-40P battery charger; West Marine-branded, flooded-cell, deep-cycle battery with a 75-amp hour rating; and two 120-volt, 70-watt...
West Marine’s Top Picks for 2010
Practical Sailor hasn't tested any of these products yet, but weve evaluated plenty of Harken gear, a variety of gadgets from Blue Sea Systems,...
Conductive Greases vs. Corrosion
ObservationsOur test used the same protocol as our most recent static corrosion test (Winch Grease Corrosion Tests, PS, October 2016), using only a copper/solder...