November 15, 2003
PS Advisor: 11/15/03
Your Last Set of Trailer Lights?
Subscribers Only
Sailtrack Lubricants
Subscribers Only It's no good wrasslin' with the main halyard on the hoist, or the luff on the douse. But don't call the 'marines.' Get Elmer to help.
Teak Treatment All-Stars After Six Months
Subscribers Only Half a year in New England weather, '03 (cold and wet, followed by dank and muggy) has separated the contestants in the field.
Mailport: 11/15/03
Chartplotter-Sounder Conversions
Subscribers Only You can add a conversion kit and transducer to a chartplotter/radar display, and have robust sounder capabilities without needing another screen. We evaluate conversion kits from Garmin, Furuno and Raymarine.
Inside Practical Sailor Blog
Eco-friendly Bottom Paints 2012
February 01, 2012
There are very few times when the door to my office is closed. Bottom paint rating tabulation time is one of them. For the past week I’ve been poring over bottom paint data collected earlier this month – three Excel tables representing more than 300 data points. Although mammoth data tables are not what drew me into this business, the bottom paint program is still one of my favorite projects. I’ve spent enough time scrubbing and scraping and painting to appreciate the importance of what we do.
