December 2005
PS Advisor: 12/05
Safety Spray Hood
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Atomic Tape
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RailLight
Subscribers Only
CO Detectors: Fireboy/Xintex Wins; Safe-T-Alert is a Best Buy
Subscribers Only Marine carbon monoxide detectors are important. For reliability, we like the hard-wired CO Sentinels; for price, it's MTI's Safe-T-Alert.
Najad 380
Subscribers Only A well-built center-cockpit model from Scandinavia offers offshore potential and some nice frills— at a hefty price.
Mid-Priced VHF Radios: Icom and Uniden Lead the Way
Subscribers Only Icom's M422 wins by a hair, with feature-rich radios from Uniden, Navman, and West Marine not far behind. Uniden's UM525 is a Best Buy.
Coleman Wins Cooler Cool-Off
Subscribers Only The Ultimate Extreme Marine from Coleman and the expensive Frigid Rigid hold ice longer than comparably sized portable coolers from Igloo, Rubbermaid and Icey-Tek.
Gear of the Year — Top Products of 2005
Subscribers Only After reviewing the 2005 issues of the magazine, we've selected a mix of products made to improve safety, navigation, and maintenance, as well a distinctive vessel.
Mailport: 12/05
Changes in the Wind
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.
