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...
HIDDEN Costs of a BRAND NEW Hallberg Rassy 44
Are you buying a brand new sailboat and worried about the real cost with all the options? The name Hallberg Rassy is synonymous with...
Latest Sailboat Review
Island Packet 440
For nearly 30 years under the direction of designer and CEO Bob Johnson, Island Packet accomplished what few modern boatbuilders have been able to...