Where Credit is Due: March 2013
I am in the middle of a complete refit of a 1978 CSY 44. A while back, I purchased four bronze portholes from New...
Mailport: March 2013
In your article on bow design trends (PS, January 2013), you feature a picture of a Gozzard to illustrate the downside of a long...
The Hassles of Hockles
Taking the advice of a PS review, I installed a Lewmar V2 windlass on my boat in 2008. I went with the installers recommendation...
Mailport: February 2013
Your tests of paints and varnishes are very helpful, but you omitted testing an important coating quality: flexibility. A brittle finish may be more...
How Can Silica Gel Have Out-performed Carbon?
In the wake of our report on fuel-tank vent filters in the January 2013 issue, a few readers asked how silica gel could have...
Where Credit is Due: February 2013
This winter, we needed to fix a keel bladder valve on our 25-year-old Avon inflatable dinghy. A Web search revealed it was a Honeywell...
Attack of the Zebra Mussel
For 20-plus years, I have removed my mooring buoy from the water at the end of the sailing season on Lake Champlain. This year,...
Mailport: January 2013
I recently saw the October 2012 Chandlery review of the Bubi bottle (www.bubibottle.com) and ordered one. Despite problems ordering through Pay Pal (I ultimately...
Holding Tank Vent Fittings
As I plumb the archives for holding tank replacement info, I find excellent related articles (PS, February 2012, March 2012, and April 2012); all...
Mailport: December 2012
I would suggest that the keel article (PS, November 2012) misses out on a couple of matters that are very important to cruising sailors.As...
The No Expense Spared Antigua 60 Cruising Sailboat Soolaimon
Join us for a boat tour of the gorgeous Antigua 60 cruising sailboat Soolaimon. She boasts electric winches, a mighty Lofrans electric windlass, and...
