May 15, 2004
PS Advisor: 05/15/04
Portable Oil Changers
Subscribers Only Two Jabsco changers are tops among the electric units. Tempo and West Marine manual pumps are favored.
Globalstar Satellite Phone—Round One
Subscribers Only A 'learning round' with Globalstar last year will, we hope, prepare us for a 'playing' round this coming summer.
Mailport: 05/15/04
Fee-Based Weather Forecasts
Subscribers Only We compared four forecasting services — three for pay, one free, on an East Coast passage to Bermuda.
Inside Practical Sailor Blog
San Fran 'Stand-down' = Government Meddling?
by Darrell Nicholson on May 15, 2012
The Coast Guard’s request late last month that sailors “stand-down” and suspend any offshore racing outside San Francisco Bay in the wake of last month’s tragedy in the San Francisco Yacht Club’s Farallones Race rankled more than a few Bay area sailors. The response was not surprising. Critics decried the move as draconian, driven by overzealous safety mavens, an example virulent government intrusion, trampling of personal freedoms, etc. etc. etc. It is a…
