Best inflatable boat: 9 compact tenders put to the test
Sep 9, 2021 · Inflatables are everywhere: paddleboards, canoes, kayaks, tents, kites and wings – and inflatable boat technology has long been a practical option for tenders, RIBs, liferafts and lifejackets. But what the ‘new wave’ of inflatable boats brings to the practical boating landscape is the air floor, which makes very stable, very lightweight tenders a very practical option for …
Best electric outboard motors: 9 of the best options on the market
Jun 9, 2021 · Mitek: 2.6-20hp electric outboard motors. Italian-based Mitek makes a series of outboards where the drive is enclosed under a cowling and the power is fed in from a separate battery bank.
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Lithium boat batteries: 12 of the best options tested
Jun 15, 2021 · The one Transporter unit presently available has a multi-cylinder internal make up, using the ubiquitous 18650 cells. Externally it differs from all the others on test in having copper lugs with nuts and bolts for connecting the positive and negative cables, as opposed to recessed thread stainless steel terminals.
How to build a boat: Essential guide to building your first kit boat
Sep 22, 2023 · The question of how to build a boat can be met with a dizzying array of answers. A website search will reveal hundreds of small boat designs from around the world: dories and skiffs; whitehalls and wherries; pram dinghies and faerings; guide-boats and catboats, writes Roger Nadin. Your difficulty will only be in choosing which boat is …
12 diesel bug treatments tested - Practical Boat Owner
Sep 8, 2016 · Tales of diesel bug can seem overstated to some of us. Many boaters have evaded the problem for years, often more by luck than judgement, but with the introduction of biodiesel (often referred to as FAME – Fatty Acid Methyl Ester fuels) and biodiesel mixtures the slice of luck required to avoid diesel bug is going to need to be a lot bigger.
Pocket cruisers: the best boats between 17-20ft - Practical Boat …
Mar 31, 2023 · Dave owns a Sailfish 18.He paid £2,000, which included an excellent trailer (worth half the total purchase price, he said). This versatile small cruiser was designed by Leo da Costa and built by Maxim Marine in converted farm sheds in Hampshire.
Best daysailers: All thrills, no frills with these compact craft
Feb 14, 2023 · Drascombe daysailers. Firstly, there are the ‘classics’ that still sell in large numbers. The original Drascombe range is still flourishing and being built by Churchouse Boats in Nether Wallop, Hampshire.. The Drascombe Dabber (15ft 6in, 265kg, £19,995), Drascombe Lugger (18ft 9in, 360kg, £22,995) and Drascombe Longboat (21ft 9in, 540kg, £26,995) are all long established boats and a ...
Ultrasonic antifouling: 4 cutting edge options put to the test
Aug 16, 2022 · The control boats – no ultrasonic antifouling installed. Our control boats for the ultrasonic antifouling test were the Dufour 36 Chill Factor and the Jeanneau 37 Orinoco Flow.These two boats had the same antifouling paint applied at the start of the season as the boats fitted with the ultrasonic systems, and received broadly similar use over the summer.
Best forward-looking sonar: 5 units tested - Practical Boat Owner
May 10, 2016 · The transducer is identical in appearance to the Professional transducer for the FLS 2D so, perhaps unsurprisingly, our results were similar. Our range test picked up the wall at about 90m and, like the FLS 2D, it tended to show spurious depths in soft, shallow channels.