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Tool Kits For Every Possible Boat Job

Like all sailors that have a home shop and work on their boats, we’re constantly schlepping tools back and forth. I have multiples of...

Choosing a Bottom Paint

Our past studies of freshwater bottom paints and regional bottom paints is another reminder that the most effective paint in our testing might not...

What About GlowFast Tethers?

In response to your request regarding safety tether knowledge or suggestions (see Safety Tether Warning, Inside Practical Sailor) please test and include information about...

Bladder Failure Sparks Inflatable PFD Recall

Mustang Survival recently issued an urgent safety recall of several inflatable PFD models with fluorescent green bladders. In the U.S., those models are the...

Fixing a Moldy Waste Hose

I am a part-time live-aboard and sail from Maine to Grenada. I have a mold problem on my two-year-old Shields VAC XHD series 148...

Wax On

Gelcoat is not all it's cracked up to be. (And crack—or craze—is what it does when it's too thick or is wrapped around too-tight...

Where Credit Is Due: May 2013

OGM / MISEATwo years ago, I replaced my incandescent stern light with a waterproof, sealed LED unit from OGM (www.miseagroup.com). This winter, while the...

Test Boats Painted Jib Draws Zero Attention

Whats that they say about the 10-foot paint job? Sure, if you look closely, it is clear that something is different with the genoa...

Bottom Paints 2003

Just in time for commissioning chores in temperate climes, here are the results from our 12th annual bottom paint tests. These are among the...

Where Credit is Due: June 2011

Hauling out a new Beneteau 37 last fall after its maiden season and not having time to drop the furled mainsail myself, I left...

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...