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Mailport: Boat heaters, digital charts, photophobia, downsizing

HEATING EFFICIENCY I just saw, with interest, your article about onboard fireplace safety, with the emphasis on safety (see “LPG Fireplace Safety Guidelines,” Inside Practical Sailor)....

Antifouling for Brackish Water

For two years, we’ve been soaking both our test boat and 11 test panels with 30 different antifouling paints in Rockhold Creek, a brackish...

Practical Sailor Looks at Sailing Schools

It seems there are nearly as many reasons to attend a sailing school as there are schools. Some sailors take classes to improve their...

Practical Sailor Reviews Seven Performance-Sailing Dinghies

SunfishDesigned in 1951 by ice boaters Alexander Bryan and Cortland Heyniger, the hard chine Sunfish was the prototype board boat. In 1959, it made...

Winter Glove Report

Every ball player has a favorite glove. A deck shoe that sticks to wet gelcoat is highly prized. And when time comes to hoist...

Practical Sailor Tests 12 sets of Performance Sailing Gloves

2)]Like several other models tested, West Marine’s glove provides a double layer of Amara on the heel, but that double layering doesn’t extend as...

Five Rides that Push the Limits of High-performance Sailing

When yacht designer Bill Lee latched on to the phrase "Fast is Fun," he did more than label his own design efforts, he sparked...

Reads for Whiling Away Winter

Do your 2014 New Years resolutions include quitting your job to sail around the world? Brushing up on maritime history? Learning new knots? Or...

Editors Picks: Winter Reading for Sailors

Practical Sailor editors have put together a roundup of marine-related books that we think are deserving of a spot in your library. Most are...

Winter Reading List

Its that time of year again, when freezing temps mean many of find our watery adventures limited to a fireside escape in a good...