J/105
Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - Rodney Johnstone, a Connecticut schoolteacher, changed careers and became an ad salesman for a...
Practical Sailor 2016 Index
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Practical Sailor Reviews Seven Performance-Sailing Dinghies
SunfishDesigned in 1951 by ice boaters Alexander Bryan and Cortland Heyniger, the hard chine Sunfish was the prototype board boat. In 1959, it made...
Compact Weta Trimaran Screeches Past the Big Boys on Biscayne Bay
The new Weta trimaran is designed in New Zealand, built in China, and imported into the U.S. by Nor Banks Sailing of Duck, N.C.SailPlanThe...
Tartan Ten
The Tartan Ten was born out of a popular rebellion against the international Offshore Rule (IOR) in the mid 1970s. This was the worst...
Norseboat 17.5
Ordinarily, the boats we review in these pages require a substantial investment, something like remortgaging the house. But on occasion, we get around to...
Mailport: June 2011
I use a product called Biogreen Clean (www.biogreenclean.com) on my boat and at home. It’s $90 a gallon and is a concentrate. It...
EXPO Solar Sailer
Put Gary Hoyt, Ted Hood and Everett Pearson in a canoe and you have the marine industry’s maximum tripartite brain power. The cerebral sparks...
Catamarans and Trimarans – a Performance Multihull Report Looking at Speed, Style, and Value
The BMW Oracle team recently repatriated the Americas Cup thanks in part to an absurdly high budget, a boatload of aerospace design and technology,...
Ultimate 20
In the late 80’s, the landscape was littered with the remains of boatbuilding companies that couldn’t cut to fit. The conventional wisdom was that...
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...
