June 2006
PS Advisor: 06/06
Metal Cleaners
Subscribers Only Miracle Cloth is the best at getting grime off.
The Great Grill-a-thon
Subscribers Only Testing the toys of summer: 4 grills, 2 kettles, 36 burgers.
A Gift for the Navigator
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Pint-Sized Propane Locker
Subscribers Only
Take One Deep Breath
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An (Almost) Idiot-Proof Battery Switch
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A Surfer’s Solution to Snubbing Lines
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Roll with the Tide
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Seven Muscular Winches
Subscribers Only Powerful and efficient, Andersen is our top pick.
Fillet Knives Test Gets to the Point
Subscribers Only Dexter Russell is the perfect balance of strength, sharpness, flexibility.
Diving into Plotter/Sounders
Subscribers Only Navman out-pixels ’em all, and Furuno bests the rest.
Seawind 1160
Subscribers Only A big cat springs from small beginnings.
Mailport: 06/06
The practical griller
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.
