Practical Sailor editors tested headlamps in our May 2008 report: “Lights
for Headlamps Round Up.” Many of the headlamps we tested had focused beams with “hot spots” in the center that
were too bright to preserve night vision.
As the sun goes down your eyes begin to adapt. At first your pupils dilate. Then photo-sensing chemicals needed in daylight drain away, and vision becomes over 50 times more sensitive, often without our notice until the sun is well below the horizon. In order to preserve night vision, referred to as dark-adapted vision, safe […]
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Last year, we ran a review of a Union 36, and the opening photo of the boat featured a unique folding ladder that I hadnt seen before. The ladder, instead of hanging vertically, folded out at a comfortable angle in a way that seemed-at least in the photo-pretty practical for routine boarding. One problem: the maker-the American Ladder Corp., based in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., appears to be out of business.
