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| December 2003 
Back From the DeadWe use highly rated hull restorers from Vertglas, Poli-Glow and New Glass-2 to revive PBR’s beaten and battered test boat. Collinite’s top-rated wax is part of the test, too. Livewells: Good and Bad Is your livewell a die-well? Don’t worry, few production boatbuilders offer bait tanks with all the right ingredients. In a photo essay, we evaluate a dozen or so installations. Gear of the Year: Top Products of 2003 Looking back on some of the best products featured in the past 12 issues, we picked a mixture of representatives from different themes — safety, convenience, new tech, old tech, and standby items that we can't do without. Anchor Tests 2003: Soft Sand Over Hard Sand In tough testing conditions, and considered by weight, the aluminum Fortress and galvanized West Marine Performance2 — both Danforth types — do well, along with the Spade Model 80 and the Bulwagga. Evinrude 115s: Barely a Hiccup A pair of Bombardier’s Evinrude Ficht engines perform near perfectly in the first five months of a durability test. Wellcraft 252 Coastal This family fisherman packs a lot into a 24’4” LOA. The boat’s main drawback is its short forward rails and skinny sidedecks. | |||||
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