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Volume 29
Number 23
December 2003

Gear of the Year: Top Products of 2003

Looking back on some of the best products featured in the past 12 issues, we picked a mixture of representatives from different themes—safety, convenience, new tech, old tech, and standby items that we can't do without.

The Road Warrior trailer light.

As readers know, a tradition at Practical Sailor is, on a single Gregorian cycle, the selection of the Gear of the Year.

The staff winnows down those products that have appeared in the year's issues of PS and selects those that have projected a clear superiority and innovation, as well as practical value. Note how "practical" slips in there.

In no specific order or rank, here are products that were distinctive among their kind in the 2003 issues of PS. Phone numbers and Web addresses of the makers of these especially good products appear at the end of this article. Consider it the Honor Roll. …

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