November 15, 2004
PS Advisor: 11/15/04
Kiwi Slides and Handle Holster
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Wax Test Results
Subscribers Only After spending a year outside in New England's rigorous weather, our test specimens revealed which waxes endure, and which don't.
Trolling Motor as Dinghy Auxiliary
Subscribers Only Here's a dinghy-power option that might make sense — if your circumstances permit. It's quiet, clean, and cheap, but also slow, and may lack staying power.
Mailport: 11/15/04
Gear Lifts
Subscribers Only A new hoist from Island Marine Products gave us a chance to revisit a little-changed field where fault is hard to find. We still like the Garhauer and Kato lifts.
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…
