Mailport & PS Advisor

Recalled Fire Extinguishers

Spring is a good time to check your fire extinguishers to be sure they havent expired, but if you own a Kidde extinguisher, youll...

Mailport: May 2015

Based on PSs test results (see PS January 2012), I refinished my nonskid using the Durabak white textured-UV product in 2014. I followed the...

The Mystery of the Bulging Fin Keel

I was reading a Mailport letter in the December 2014 issue of Practical Sailor, and it led me to your May 27, 2014 blog...

Mailport: April 2015

I enjoyed your article on the Catalina 34 (see PS March 2015 online). I have owned a 1991 Mk1.5 (sn 1120), and currently own...

Product Update

Since our last large-scale field test of wind generators (see PS, July 2007 online), our Budget Buy pick, the KISS high-output wind generator, has...

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...

Mailport: March 2015

I have a question about your February 2015 foul-weather gear test. You tested and measured the jackets, but you did not mention the actual...

Where Credit Is Due: March 2015

We recently bought a good old boat that came with Technautics CoolBlue refrigeration (www.technauticsinc.com). One of the two units quit shortly after we took...

MMSIs for VHF Handhelds

In your Oct. 21, 2014 blog on calling mayday on an SSB, I wish you would have included what should be done to configure...

Mailport: February 2015

When I see a boat flying the Jolly Roger, I assume that the owner is ignorant of the murders of and terror wreaked on...

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...