Skip Allan Says Farewell to His Beloved Wildflower on Transpacific Crossing
Practical Sailors June and July 2008 issues documented veteran West Coast racer Skip Allans preparations for the 2008 Singlehanded TransPac, a race he eventually...
Ocean Voyaging Medical Kits Rated for Contents, Quality, and Price
This is the final installment in Practical Sailor’s four-part series on medical kits for sailing. This article looks at Group IV pre-packaged first-aid kits,...
Cold-weather Gloves Face Freezing Rain, Hail, and Snow during Practical Sailor Test
Cold-weather sailing apparel needs to be more waterproof, more windproof, and much warmer than gear for most other cold-weather activities. To find the best...
The Hunt is on for a Quality, Well-placed Emergency Tiller
A decade ago, Practical Sailor editors began scouring boat shows for the perfect emergency tiller and an ideal stowage system for it. Little more...
Inflatable Life Jacket-Safety Harnesses Performance Test
In the water, the ComfortMax vests provided plenty of buoyancy. It was easy to fine-tune the harness fit in the water using...
Gear for Battening Down Ahead of Storms
No one need lecture most sailboat owners about the profound dangers of hurricanes and tropical storms. That goes double for those whose boats are...
Trying to Reason With . . .
Our 2008 article on hurricane gear brought back memories of one of my most terrifying cruising experiences. In 1997, Super Typhoon Paka tore through...
Medical Kits for Coastal Cruising
Practical Sailor found the quality of the contents to be high. All materials and medicines are arranged into six separate modules that keep the...
Comparing the Latest Inflatable PFDs
The PV9308 provides 40 pounds of buoyancy using the same system with two 38-gram CO2 cylinders. All the Viking CO2 cylinders are covered in...
Medical Kits for Onboard First-Aid
Most readers will concur that there is often certain important gear on boats that receives little attention, that is, until its needed. The storm...
Universal Diesel Engines – What You Should Know
This week we take a look at the Universal Diesel Sailboat Engine and its history including the Atomic 4 sailboat engine followed by the...
