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Coast Guard Warns of Radio Interference from LEDs
Back in 2010, Practical Sailor and others raised the alert that a conversion to LED navigation lights can have some unintended consequences, including distorted...
Webbing Uses For Sailors
When a sailor needs to connect point A to point B, he reaches for rope. We make an exception for jacklines because rope rolls...
A Surfers Solution to Snubbing Lines
Surfers will relate to these new snubbers from Tommie Springer in Australia, even though they haven’t reached U.S. stores. They are made of the...
Offshore Log: A Major Overhaul For A Faithful Perkins
The auxiliary engine of the average cruising sailboat takes a lot of abuse, and our Perkins 4-108 has been no exception. In just over...
Beware of ‘Tankless’ LPG Water Heaters
The availability of relatively inexpensive tankless LPG hot water heaters has apparently convinced some owners of older boats (and some newer ones) that going...
Steady at the Helm
A sailboat’s steering system also plays a vital role in safety at sea. The failure of any key component can jeopardize boat handling and...
Freedom 36
Freedom Yachts were the invention of Garry Hoyt back in the early 1970s. An advertising executive and champion one-design sailor, Hoyt reached a stage...
Beneteau 393
Beneteau is one of the few builders (along with perhaps Catalina, Hunter, and its own corporate cousin, Jeanneau) whose volume of production can generate...
Practical Boarding Ladders
Every year I read of near-drowning episodes that were compounded by the deficiency or complete absence of a boarding ladder. A fall from a...
The Orion 357 Electric Flare After 1 Year
In our report on the new electronic visual distress signalling devices (eVDSD) we mentioned in passing that a U.S. Coast Guard approved eVDSD might...
