Gear of the Year: Top 10 Products for 2001
At one end of the price scale, the Spade anchor and the Icom IC-M502 VHF radio stand out. At the low-cost end, Tommy Tape and Carborundum sandpaper shine.
26 Practical Websites
Most sailors know about the wealth of material available for them on the Internet, and many have made their own websites to contribute to that wealth.
Personal Effects on Deck
By the time you read this, it will have been about six weeks since the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon were attacked. Those...
Universal Solvent?
Most of us have glued things together with 3M 5200 when we really should have used something that would have given us a snowball's...
A Plug for All Seasons
While the Practical Sailor editorial offices were being relocated this spring, a casual experiment was discovered—or rediscovered— on a windowsill behind a Venetian blind. It's...
Give Me Enough Rope
Left to their own devices, some sailors buy rope the way Imelda Marcos used to buy shoes-impulsively, profligately, with a kind of bulemic...
By Way of the Web
Were awash in e-mail here at our editorial offices. We read every letter that comes in, and we copy many to appropriate folders for...
Rip Rap: June 2001
Click here to view "Pacific Seacraft 37 Correction."Click here to view "Do-It-Yourself Charger."
Robert N. Bavier, Jr. 1918-2001
Robert N. Bavier, Jr., an America’s Cup winning helmsman and one of the sport’s leaders for many years, died on Thursday, February 22, in...
Hey, Its Your Old Pal
When youre an editor with one of the glossy sailing magazines, marine manufacturers are always glad to see you. Youre working for the readers,...
Bayfield 32 Boat Tour – The Canadian Cruiser That Crossed the...
In this Bayfield 32 boat tour, we explore the deck, cockpit, cabin layout, galley, sleeping accommodations, construction and sailing characteristics. We also look at...
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DIY Survey Checklist for Used-Boat Buying
Boat buying is an exciting, maddening exercise that can test the tolerance of even the most patient sailor. Most of the maddening part has to do with trying to ferret out a boats problems before buying it-and making the problems your own. Hiring a professional marine surveyor can be expensive when youre looking at multiple boats, so save yourself some money-and potential heartache-by learning how to examine a used sailboat, from stem to stern and mast to bilge. Practical Sailors DIY survey how-to details common problem areas (like engines and rigging), what issues are easy to remedy, and what red flags you should walk away from.
