January 2006
PS Advisor: 01/06
Nike Shows Its Salty Side In Base-layer Test
Subscribers Only Helly Hansen, Musto and Victory Wetsuits also measure up in our fabric test
Learning to Share
Subscribers Only For avid sailors with flexible schedules, timeshare sailing can offer a cheaper alternative to sailing clubs or chartering.
Slings, Scoops & Ladders
Subscribers Only In Part II of our safety series, we find that conventional overboard recovery gear like the Lifesling prove the most useful to sailors
Bilge Binge
Subscribers Only Water Witch keeps our bilge drier, the Sure Bail scores with rugged simplicity
Easystow Fender
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Hefty Horizontals:
Powerful Lewmar H3 is a Rode Warrior
Subscribers Only Muir Cougar is mightier than Lewmar when handling chain, but Lewmar’s performance and dual-purpose gypsy is more impressive
Hunter 45
Subscribers Only Hunter’s vision of the comfortable cruiser leads back to a center cockpit design.
Mailport: 01/06
In Living Color
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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…
