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…

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