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
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…
