Sodablasting 101
Owning a boat is an exercise in perspective. A gale can make a sailboat feel like a canoe, while the prospect of bottom paint...
Cleaning Your Hull
Before diving into a hull cleaning project, check first what the rules are in your marina. Marinas are regulated under the Clean Water Act...
The State of the Union: Clean After 17 Months
In July 2006, Practical Sailortesters began a long-term bottom paint comparison between Interlux Micron Optima and Sea Hawk Monterey, two semi-hard ablative paints that...
Offshore Log:Another Year, Another Bottom Paint
By the time we finally moved westward from Trinidad in late September, Calypso had spent most of the 1998 hurricane season in Trinidad, south...
A Peek at Inflatable-dinghy Paint Test Panels After One Year
FLEXDELThe maker of Flexabar Buoy Coating, Flexdel also manufactures a range of water-based antifouling bottom paints that Practical Sailor has tested. Its Buoy Coating...
Teak Treatment All-Stars Finale
]That left eight of these products to soldier on. Mind you, all of them had ranked one, two or three in previous separate tests....
Practical Sailor Resumes its Search for the Best Boat Wax
Practical Sailor tested a field of 10 tubs of paste waxes for ease of application, gloss, texture, finish, and price. Most of the products...
Practical Sailor Tests Paint Preservers
Weve touched up our varnish, slapped antifouling on the hull and, brightened that bootstripe. Now what to do with those half-full coatings cans? Its...
Marine Antifouling Paint Test
If you haven’t bought your bottom paint yet, there still may be time to order some old stock at last year’s prices, but as...
Bottom Paint Makeover
Raising WaterlineAnderson studied First Lights bottom carefully and pronounced the paint removal job a success, leaving a light patina to be sanded and smoothed...
Beneteau 423: What You Should Know | Boat Review
Looking to buy a 40-45 foot sailboat? Considering a Beneteau 423? See a Beneteau 423 for sale? What are the pros and cons of...
