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
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.
