Top 10 Products for 1999

Choosing the best gear for sailboats isn't easy. But at Practical Sailor were used to doing just that. The job is easiest when empirical...

Special Section – AnchoringAnchor and Mooring Chains: Vinyl-Covered Chain is the Pits

Our attention was forcefully drawn to the subject of mooring chains when the chain anchoring our raft, the Foulbottom, parted in a storm, and...

Special Section – AnchoringIn Mud, the CQR and Barnacle Rank at the Top of...

If you spend time over mud bottoms, the anchor to have, according to Practical Sailors latest round of anchor tests, is a good old...

Special Section – AnchoringAnchor and Mooring Chains: Vinyl-Covered Chain is the Pits

Our attention was forcefully drawn to the subject of mooring chains when the chain anchoring our raft, the Foulbottom, parted in a storm, and...

Special Section – AnchoringIn Mud, the CQR and Barnacle Rank at the Top of...

If you spend time over mud bottoms, the anchor to have, according to Practical Sailors latest round of anchor tests, is a good old...

Banish Junky Anchor Rode Markers

For the boat owner who thinks he has everything, there is yet still another bit of electronic wizardry…a widget that tells you how much...

Sea Anchors & Drogues

Sea anchors are as old as seafaring. Sailors through the ages have carried buckets, bags, cones—just about everything except the kitchen sink—and thrown them...

PS Advisor

Bruce vs. ClawAs a PS subscriber I have happily read your various anchor tests. Id decided on a Bruce 66 pounder-or at least until...

What’s the Best Sailboats for Beginners?

Are you interested in learning how to sail? What is the best sailboat to learn to sail on? Which boat should you buy first?...

Latest Sailboat Review

Ericson 41 Used Boat Review

Sailing the Salish Sea on Canada’s west coast is the dream of many a sailor. With a lifetime of sailing dinghies and messing about...