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Coast Guard Warns of Radio Interference from LEDs

Back in 2010, Practical Sailor and others raised the alert that a conversion to LED navigation lights can have some unintended consequences, including distorted...

Making Lake Water Safe for Drinking Onboard

Reader David Brezina, who sails a Tartan Ten out of Montrose Harbor, Chicago recently had a question for Practical Sailor regarding drinking water. Like...

Double-check for Propane Leaks

After my recent post on portable marine heaters and insulation, a few people asked our opinion of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) heaters. Simply stated:...

Do-It-Yourself Water Filtration

One of the first things that you realize after a few seasons of cruising is that approaches to life aboard vary between two wide...

The Norwegian Approach to Teak Deck Care

A day after clawing my way through the sea of tourists descending from Norway's most photographed spot, the precipitous ledge known as Priekestolen, it...

Canada Metal Pacific, New Rocna Maker, Offers Anchor Exchange Program

Since our recent report that a number (how many remains in dispute) of Rocna anchors did not meet published design specifications, the Rocna anchors...

The Best Sailboats for the High Seas?

At the St. Petersburg Boat Show month last month, I had the pleasure of seeing delivery skipper and author John Kretschmers presentation on what...
j/24 and Olympic Circle Sailing Club

Keep Calm and Carry On Cursing

Every once a while, we have a good malapropism wash over the transom and into our Mailport section. This letter dates from several years...

Incommunicado in the Satellite Age

Simultaneous to these emails, Frank was cheerfully updating breadcrumb tracks uploaded from his Briatech Cerberus, anothersatellite-based messenger/tracker designed to antagonize the office-bound. By...

West Marine’s Top Picks for 2010

Practical Sailor hasn't tested any of these products yet, but weve evaluated plenty of Harken gear, a variety of gadgets from Blue Sea Systems,...

40-Footer Boat Tours – With Some Big Surprises! | Boat Tour

Join us at the Miami Boat Show as we get on four 40-footers for boat tours! A Beneteau 37.1, Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 410, Dufour...