Is Stainless Steel Really the Best Metal for Use in an Anchor?
Each time Practical Sailor conducts an anchor test, we get questions about the materials used in anchors, particularly stainless steel. Stainless steel is much...
Google Sky Map for Sailors
My brother-in-law showed up for an Easter weekend reunion with his new Android phone and a cool little app that I wish I had...
Is Your Marine Diesel Winterizing Routine Complete?
Winterizing an inboard engine installation means a lot more than filling the cooling system with antifreeze and stuffing a rag in the exhaust outlet....
PS Tests and the Death Spiral of Curiosity
The next few months will be busy. The particularly brutal winter of 2014-2015 drove many of our testers into their workshops, and now they...
Darwin, barnacles, and organ envy
The act of settling is equally impressive-no messing around with surveys, mortgage notes, or down payments. The cyprid picks a spot to land, secretes...
Engine Spares for the Cruising Sailor
Cruising sailors rely on their engines a lot more than they like to admit. Although the internet has helped close the gap between parts...
The Tragedy of the Driverless Dinghy
In the wake of a terrible tragedy that struck a few days before Thanksgiving in Sarasota, Florida, home of the Sarasota Youth Sailing Program...
Barnacles Consume Test Panels at 18 Months
The widespread failure among all paints was the headline event this year, but of almost equal importance were the results of new bottom paints...
Public-Private Partnership Lifts New Leadership 44
Its not often that the sail-training program at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., incites envy among the midshipman at...
Port of San Diego Publishes Antifouling Paint Study
Paint companies, boatyards, and boat owners will no doubt be closely watching the progress of an antifouling report posted today by the San Diego...
Tayana 37: What You Should Know | Boat Review
Looking to buy a 35-40 foot sailboat? Considering a Tayana 37? See a Tayana 37 for sale? What are the pros and cons of...
