Safety & Seamanship

Offshore Log: Mediterranean Idyll

Calypso checks the styles in Marmaris, and overhauls her chain.

Offshore Log: A Haulout in Turkey

With good facilities available, Calypso receives some standard TLC after traveling half the globe.

Fire Extinguishers: A Good Bunch, But Get More than the Minimum

They all performed comparably, but we'd pick the Kidde 1044, which was somewhat effective on Class-A fires and discharged for three seconds longer than the others.

Steering Compasses: Show Me the Way to Go Home

For this review, Practical Sailor collected, from the hundreds available, 18 steering compasses. Included are binnacle, bulkhead and bracket models, plus several interesting ones shown only in photos. Except for the bronze Telltale compass shown on page 7, all have 12V lighting and gimbal systems.

Dead-Reckoning

A friend recently made a short delivery on a boat whose compass was fully 30 degrees deviated. No one worried about it. No one...

Offshore Log: An Introduction to Europe

With great relief, Calypso sailed northwest from Israel to Cyprus, our first stop in the more European part of the Mediterranean.

PS Advisor: July 2001

Lexan vs. PlexiIm planning to replace my wooden companionway boards with translucent plastic. Is there a difference between Lexan and plexiglass? Can both be...

Personal Rescue Lights: Less Than Brilliant

ACR slightly outshone the rest of a dim group. These lights can help in a quick pick-up, but youre unlikely to see them beyond a half-mile in most sea conditions.

Offshore Log: An Introduction to Europe

With great relief, Calypso sailed northwest from Israel to Cyprus, our first stop in the more European part of the Mediterranean.

Offshore Log:The Mediterranean At Last

With little ceremony other than the relief of dropping our pilot off in Port Said, Calypso was spat out of the Red Sea and into the Mediterranean.û

The Moody 46 CC Cruising Sailboat Review and Boat Tour

Join us for a deep technical dive into the Moody 46 Center Cockpit, a true bluewater cruising sailboat designed by Bill Dixon and built...

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Endeavour 32 Used Boat Review

The Endeavour 32 began life back in 1970 as the Irwin 32. Ted Irwin designed her as a dual-purpose cruiser-racer before the development of the IOR. By 1975, the IOR was in full swing, and boats such as the Irwin 32 were obsolete as racers, since PHRF had not yet emerged to help handicap non-competitive boats raced at the club level. Although the Irwin 32 and the Endeavour 32 look identical and have the same displacement, the Endeavour 32 is listed by the builder as being 4" wider, 4" longer overall, and 6" longer on the waterline.