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First Look at Interlux’s latest marine coatings

As Practical Sailor reported in the one-year update for our long-term wood finishes test in the December issue, Interlux Yacht Paints recently released three...

PS First Look: Selden’s Code X Furler

In Practical Sailors last review of Code 0 furlers, in the March 2008 issue, testers found many benefits to incorporating light-air sails in a...

Power-Assist Winch Grinding from WinchRite

Ive seen several attempts to convert existing battery-operated power tools into power winches, and readers have suggested a few of them in the Mailport...

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,...

Superwind 350 Wind-gen Upgrades

The Superwind 350 was Practical Sailors top pick of the five wind-generators we reviewed in the July 2007 issue and it was named to...

Antifouling paint prices hold steady

I just finished a quick run-through on bottom paint prices and noticed that, for the first time in recent memory, I don't see any...

Miracle Protectants, Ataturk, and Deed-restricted Communities

Several readers have forwarded me a press release on the latest high-tech nano-coating - a spray on glass coating designed to protect a wide...

Environmentally-friendly Antifouling Paint Test

Whether or not you're on the eco-train, it seems only a matter of time before we'll all be shuffled aboard, at least when it...

The Great Loop – The Basics

Join us this week as we discuss taking a sailboat around North America's great boating adventure - The Great Loop. We discuss advice from...
Tartan 30 Boat Review video from Practical Sailor

Tartan 30 | Boat Review