Market Scan: Running Rigging
Replacement guidelines for sheets, halyards, and topping lifts.
Tiger Too Preventer
Toby Ritter of Mamaroneck, NY, has a nice preventer rig aboard his Sparkman & Stephens center-cockpit 48-footer, Tiger Too. He sent us the following...
Boat Ladder for Inflatables
Ladders for use around and aboard the boat? For docks and rafts, hook-on-the-rail models, stern mounts, folding, extending, the new center bar sport ladders…there...
Lewmar Superlock Still Best Overall Rope Clutch
But if all you want is sheer gripping power, with nary a worry about line abrasion or ability to bleed smoothly, Spinlock’s new XAS holds best.
Mounting the ‘Odd’ Bulwagga Anchor
In several of the most recent reports on anchor testing, Practical Sailor has commented favorably on the setting ability and holding power of the...
Corroded Whale Gusher 10 Pump
A photo in a report on manual bilge pumps (in the April 15, 2000 issue) showed a Whale Gusher 10 that a reader had...
Mounting the Odd Bulwagga Anchor
In several of the most recent reports on anchor testing, Practical Sailor has commented favorably on the setting ability and holding power of the...
Offshore Log: The Right Gear for the Job
Calypso has deck hardware from most major companies. Here's what's being used, and how the various pieces have held up.
Fiddle Blocks: 8 Brand Exam
Because fiddle blocks come in many sizes and, in many applications, are rigged with cam cleats, Practical Sailor gathered up for this review several dozen fiddle blocks—almost all fitted with cams, as well as beckets and swivel heads. û
Anchor Reset Tests
When direction is reversed 140°, a third of the anchors never broke out, another third reset at some length, and two never reset.
Why the Catalina 42 Took Over the Caribbean
You see them everywhere — the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, all across the Caribbean. The Catalina 42, especially the Mark II, has quietly become...
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Catalina 356 Used Boat Review
Arguably, the Catalina 34 first produced in 1985 with 1,438 constructed of various marks, and the Catalina 36 first produced in 1982 with 1,766...