- Tartan 33
- Stopping Wood Rot
- DIY Wood Preserver
- Dirt Cheap MOB Gear
- Anchor Conundrum
- Medical Kit Update
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Although I am logged in, I never seem to be able to download the pdf of the magazine. It just keeps taking me back to the subscribe page.
argggh, unbale to download the Jan issue 🙁
thank you folks the password reset helped and I can download the new Jan issue. I note that this time I was asked to login with my full email address.
What a disappointment resubscribing to PS after 10 years.
First it’s not easy to download the issues, send the “it’s here” to your subscribers only and it would be one click to download.
Second, you used to be full of interesting articles that we could just read directly; now I seem to have subscribed to a mailing list of advertisements to buy your books, what a waste. Nicholson, unfortunately you have lost it.
François
Does anyone proofread this magazine???
Regarding recommendation of carrying sutures in Jan 2021 issue on medical kits. Suturing, if you don’t care about the ugliness of the scar is pretty simple. However, properly cleaning a wound prior to definitive closing takes special supplies, practice and skill, as does maintaining a sterile field while suturing. You should never definitively field close a wound if it can be avoided. Closing in bacteria, free blood, and debris can cause serious problems, far more than an open well dressed wound that can drain. A deeper laceration requires even greater skill and more specialized supplies. You won’t die or lose a limb from a three inch laceration, you might from an infection. 99.9% of sailors are never more than a few days from definitive care. Steristrips and the like along with good wound care are a much better tool for someone without professional training and regular practice.
Agree with all except didn’t need password reset. Too much spam (often for outdated PS products), misspellings of company names make finding products dicey (editing is without any pride in accuracy), the links to articles and search function are awful, as in totally 90’s, and worst of all, you’ve lost focus on what is useful to your audience. I subscribed over 20 years ago, before any internet availability, and stopped shortly after an article on pressure cookers that excluded all aluminum models because the authors stated aluminum cookware led to Alzheimer’s Disease. As a physician I knew this to be untrue but that led me to realize I had no way of knowing how accurate articles outside of my narrow areas of expertise were. The kids are grown and I’ve come back to sailing and subscribed anew expecting a usable modern on-line interface and continually updated articles. What have I found? A clunky interface that doesn’t search effectively let alone efficiently, articles on basics like bilge pumps and bottom paint that are 5 -7 year old updates of 20 year old articles (yes they change slowly but at least let us know that they haven’t changed since 2015, even if the EPA regs have) and too few reviews of more recent used boats from the 90’s and 00’s, though perhaps you’ve published those reviews but I’m unable to find them.
I keep my subscription in hope.
Russell Levin
PS. If you need absolutely amateur help let me know. I guarantee, in my case, you’ll get what you pay for.