February 15, 2004
Magellan FX324 Map Color
Subscribers Only Magellan makes a creditable comeback with this colorplotter. We found the ergonomics good, but viewing the cartography in direct sunlight was almost impossible.
Review: Rescue Laser Flare
Subscribers Only A worthy addition to pyrotechnic kits and personal survival gear, this simple but ingenius tool is moving toward a place at center stage in the search-and-rescue world.
Electric Bilge Pumps
Subscribers Only All the familiar denizens—Shurflo, Rule, Lovett, West and more—showed their stuff.
Chandlery: 02/15/04
Subscribers Only Extend-A-Hitch and Sunspots
PS Advisor: 02/15/04
Mailport: 02/15/04
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…
