December 2006
Sea Nettles Be Gone
Here are a few fixes for those clogged water intakes.
Gadgets, Gear, and Goodies
Subscribers Only Stocking Stuffers for Your Nauti One
Quickline reel takes the snags out of line storage.
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Stabilized Binoculars
Subscribers Only Image stabilized Fujinon and Bushnell push to the top.
Clipped in: Safety Harness Showdown
Subscribers Only Mustang and West Marine lead the pack for comfort and quality.
Dinghy Engines
Subscribers Only The light, easy-to-start Honda BF2 fends off challenges from 3 newcomers.
Maintenance All-Stars
Subscribers Only Fill your bucket with these favorites for a boat that shines from the bilge to the bow.
High tech gear that won’t let you down
Subscribers Only While good boat hardware and mechanical equipment is usually in production for years with little change, many marine electronics are outmoded the moment they hit the retail stores.
Gear of the Year
Subscribers Only Save money and time with our best products from 2006.
Valiant 42
Subscribers Only With a taller rig and layout choices, Bob Perry’s classic comes of age.
Mailport: 12/06
MARINE INSURANCE REDUX I have been reading with much interest your articles about marine insurance this year (April and May 2006).
Rhumb Lines - Clipped on for the ride of our lives
Subscribers Only If you had any doubts how serious we are about testing equipment here at Practical Sailor, check out the story on safety harnesses, beginning on page 24. To our good fortune, Skip Allan, a noted TransPac veteran whose many sailing accolades date back to the early 1960s, oversaw the project. Shortly after the first batch of harnesses arrived at his home in Capitola, Calif., Allan, assisted by photographer-sailor Sherry McKillop, was hurling himself off the side…
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…
