Sails, Rigging & Deck Gear

Replacement guidelines for sheets, halyards, and topping lifts.

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...

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...

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.

In several of the most recent reports on anchor testing, Practical Sailor has commented favorably on the setting ability and holding power of the...

A photo in a report on manual bilge pumps (in the April 15, 2000 issue) showed a Whale Gusher 10 that a reader had...

In several of the most recent reports on anchor testing, Practical Sailor has commented favorably on the setting ability and holding power of the...

Calypso has deck hardware from most major companies. Here's what's being used, and how the various pieces have held up.

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

When direction is reversed 140°, a third of the anchors never broke out, another third reset at some length, and two never reset.