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Raymarine i50 Depth offers audible shallow and deep water alarms, along with depth trend indicators that help the helmsperson monitor changing conditions.

Waterline or Keel? Setting Your Depth Sounder

Ever since electronic or sonar/transducer type depth sounders have been around, sailors and captains have had love/hate debates over how a depth sounder should...

Download The Full June 2024 Issue PDF

    Practical Sailor is now a digital only product. The June issue was the last PDF and print issue. The increasing costs of paper and postage moved us to this difficult decision. But Practical Sailor still exists.

    Downloadable, PDF editions of new issues are no longer available. Each week, new content appears on the site and is shared via email in a more timely manner. And our new YouTube channel is filled with boat and product review videos. By logging onto the site, you’ll have access to everything we publish. There is nothing to download anymore.

    Readers were notified of this change multiple times in pages of the magazine and via email, beginning in April.

    New editors, writers, formats. We hope you’ll continue to benefit from Practical Sailor and continue to subscribe.

    The Practical Sailor editors

  • Bootstripe Perfection
  • The DIY Bootstripe Jig
  • Origo Stove Reborn?
  • Alcohol Stove Sense
  • Burning Issues
  • Penetrating Epoxies

Download The Full May 2024 Issue PDF

  • Best E-bikes for Boats
  • Easy Seacocks Switch
  • The Eye of the Storm
  • Boat Partnerships
  • Terms of Agreement
  • Sail Repair Magic

Download The Full April 2024 Issue PDF

  • A Clean Scrape
  • Dyneema Durability
  • Coming in Hot
  • Charging Checkup
  • Waterproofing Tricks
  • Turning Sheaves

Download The Full March 2024 Issue PDF

  • Seagoing Polymers
  • Repairing Plastic Parts
  • Safe Cockpit Cushions
  • Secure Footing
  • Trampoline Tips
  • Coatings for Tramps

Download The Full February 2024 Issue PDF

  • Sander Showdown
  • Ditch the Paper Disks
  • DIY Electrical Survey
  • Shore Power Safety
  • Snag-free Tacking
  • Details on Detailing

Download The Full December 2023-January 2024 Issue PDF

  • Stand Alone Sounder
  • Real World Antifouling
  • Collision Confusion
  • Line, Net or Trap Boat?
  • Stopping Wood Rot
  • Plywood Alternatives

Download The Full November 2023 Issue PDF

  • Beyond the Boat Shoe
  • Sizing Up Deck Shoes
  • Testing 3M 94 Primer
  • What's a SNAD?
  • Rudder Wisdom
  • Square Bucket

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  • No Through Bolt Here
  • New Portlights
  • Seamless Protection
  • Locking Down
  • A Risky Squeeze
  • Bending PVC Pipe

Download The Full September 2023 Issue PDF

  • Study in Seamanship
  • Sun Safety
  • Cheap Sunglasses
  • Tiller Pilot Champs
  • Hybrid Tiller Pilot
  • Colorblind Navigation

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