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Practical SailorPearson 35 Used Boat Review The end of the 1950s and start of the 1960s were the beginnings of an era of shallow wide boats that not only sailed through a gaping loophole in the popular rating rule of their day but also offered interior space unava
Practical SailorThe Perfect Cruising Sailboat | Pacific Seacraft 40 Is the Pacific Seacraft 40 one of the best cruising sailboats ever built for a couple? In this Pacific Seacraft 40 review and sailboat tour, we take a close look at Serenade, a 1997 Pacific Seacraft 40 cruising sailboat
Practical SailorLFP Battery Regulations Around the World If you are thinking of converting your sailboat over to lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFP or LiFePO4), whether for propulsion or house needs, there are some laws, standards, regulations, and other requirements that y
Practical SailorBreaking Out the Anchor Without a Bow Roller One of the challenges we faced when testing the Chesapeake Anchor, even at the 3-pound scale, was that once any anchor is set to 100 times its weight, it becomes a bugger to break loose. If you pull immediately, straight
Practical SailorStuck Like Glue: Epoxy Resin Mechanical Performance Testing Just about every sailboat owner has at some point mixed up a batch of epoxy to fill a hole, glue parts together, or tackle a much more extensive project. Epoxy is the glue by which others are measured. It is the crème de
Practical SailorCan Diesel Damage Fuel Lines? The answer is yes, given the right conditions—including an undesirable mix of metals in the system— and enough time, untreated diesel fuel can indeed have a corrosive effect on some metallic components—tanks, fuel lines,
Practical SailorCan You Do the Great Loop for $20,000 If you’re researching how much the Great Loop costs, the cheapest way to do the Great Loop, what size boat you need for the Great Loop, the best used boat for the Great Loop, Great Loop sailboats, Great Loop powerboats,
Practical SailorHans Christian 48T Used Boat Review The history of Hans Christian Yachts started in 1974 with an idea that heavy, ocean crossing sailboats could be manufactured at a lower cost in Taiwanese boat yards. A review of the HC 34/36 by long-time contributor Darr
Practical SailorBayfield 36 – A Cheap Bluewater Sailboat The Bayfield 36 is one of the most distinctive Bayfield sailboats ever built. Designed and constructed in Canada, the Bayfield 36 combines traditional styling, a clipper bow, cutter rig, long keel, protected rudder and a
Practical SailorRevised Lifeline Protection Plan World Sailing (then ISAF) initially accepted Dyneema lifelines in 2012, but then banned it from all offshore racing in 2015. In 2018, World Sailing decided to allow Dyneema lifelines for offshore multihulls, realizing th
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