January 1, 2005
PS Advisor: 01/01/05
FenderStep
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Skywatch Windmate
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Knife Update
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X-40
Subscribers Only An established European builder offers a strong offshore performer with good looks, a few interesting twists, and only one or two minor flaws.
Headings: Future Fixture or Fancy Fad?
Subscribers Only Every four years, solo sailing luminaries assemble in France to race non-stop around the world in the Vendée Globe, and the equipment aboard their boats deserves examination as a harbinger of what we may some day see aboard our own boats.
Washdown Pumps
Subscribers Only If you need a lot of flow—and have the dough—get the Groco. Otherwise, we like the two models from Johnson and the $85 SHURflo.
Salt Fighters
Subscribers Only To go that extra step in protecting your boat and engine from salt, consider these products. We tested five, and Salt-Away is our top pick.
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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…
