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
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.
