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
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.
