Top Flashlight: Dorcys The Boss
While the Pelican PeliLite proves the value of 'marine-grade,' The Boss has the edge.
Late to Launch
As long-time readers well know, each year we undertake at least one major project upgrade on Viva, our 1975 Tartan 44 test boat. This...
Chandlery 05/01/00
Anal About Cleaning?We're not sure about this. However, any marine innovator deserves a Warhol moment or a day in the sun. So meet Mark...
PS Advisor 07/15/99
Holding Tanks and HosesMy brother-in-law and I are planning to install a holding tank in our 1970 Morgan 28. Ive tried to research the...
Sticky Business: Duct Tape Tested
Theres probably not a handyman (or woman) in existence who hasn't had experience with duct tape. The universal holder-together, duct tape has been used...
Bird Wars Part 2
Reader Forum - More ways to keep our feathered friends from bombing our boats.
Handrail Masking Tape
Just when you thought there could be nothing new under the sun, along comes Handrail Masking Tape. It’s an adhesive tape that comes in...
Spare Parts
Barient WinchesWe recently heard from a reader that he was able to purchase replacement roller bearings for Barient 28+ winches, for $55, from the...
A Summers Work
Contrary to the popular belief of Floridians, summer in New England does last longer than two weeks. At least two months, sometimes three, which...
Stern Boarding: Stairway to Heaven…and the Dinghy
Wish your old boat had a scoop transom with steps? These two PS readers modified their counter and reverse transoms.
DEEP DIVE into the Lagoon 380 – The Worlds Best Selling...
Are you Catamaran Shopping? The Lagoon 380 is one of the best-selling cruising catamarans ever built, and for the first time, used models are...
Latest Sailboat Review
Bob Perry’s Salty Tayana 37-Footer: Boat Review
With several hundred boats sailing the seas of the world, the Tayana 37 has been one of the most successful products of the U.S.s Taiwan-built boat invasion that began in the early 1970s. Its shapely Baltic stern, scribed plank seams molded into the glass hull, and lavish use of teak above and belowdecks have come to epitomize the image associated with Oriental boats.