May 2006
PS Advisor: 05/06
PS Finds Out Who’s Keeping It Cool
Subscribers Only Zero Degrees is a bargain at $20; CI’s Music Cooler delivers tunes to boot.
Star brite Tops Marine Rust Erasers
Subscribers Only
Bye Bye Black Blight: PS Tests Streak Removers
Subscribers Only
Color Coated
Subscribers Only Four years later, Interlux and Epifanes make the cut.
West Coast Insurance
Subscribers Only International Marine Insurance Services’ pricing, flexibility stand out.
A Cure for Hose Clamps
Subscribers Only
Finally, an LED Light with Some Warmth
Subscribers Only
Throw Bags
Subscribers Only It’s a toss up: KwikTek for daysailing, West Marine for offshore cruising.
Radar Shootout
Subscribers Only Furuno, Raymarine score; Northstar disappoints.
Island Packet 440
Subscribers Only Light-wind performance aside, the IP 440 is built to go places.
Mailport: 05/06
Spinning Wheel
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.
