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| December, 2006 
Sea Ray 270 AmberjackSo you think you’re going to fish every weekend, and maybe a day or two during the week after work? Stop dreaming. Day-to-day responsibilities will probably keep you from wetting a line as often as you’d like. Stripper Showdown: Franmar Takes It Off Stripping bottom paint remains one of the most if not the most tiring, nasty jobs a boat owner faces. The concern with early strippers was their toxic nature. The active ingredient used in many was methylene chloride, a known carcinogen. Is It Really All Shades of Green? No matter how green the stripper, once used to remove bottom paint, the resulting goo becomes as toxic as the bottom paint itself and has to be disposed of accordingly. Dinghy Engines With the better reliability of today’s big outboard engines, the back-up kicker has been relegated to dinghy duty. But the four-stroke portable engines we’ve tested over the last three years 4- and 8-horsepower models are big and heavy. Top Products of 2006 Whether you’re refitting a late 1970s SeaCraft, replacing tired gear on your Sea Ray 30, or choosing cruising accessories for a new Nordic Tug, we’re confident that the following products, picked from the dozens we tested over the past 12 months, will save you both time and money over the long run. Electronics We tested a plethora of marine electronics in 2006, including VHF radios, chartplotters, fishfinders, radar, and cartography cards. Four of the 17 Gear of the Year winners fall under the category of marine electronics. Maintenance All-Stars Does a trip to the marine store for a cleaner or polish leave your head spinning? To help you navigate the maintenance aisles and to save you from unnecessary swabbing, PBR editors have painstakingly tested product after product to find the best of what’s out there. A Trio of New Anchors Once the test results of our first soft-mud anchor test hit the street in the February 2006 issue, anchor manufacturers continued to send us new hooks to test. Here’s our latest follow-up. Propspeed Propspeed, a product from Oceanmax (available through West Marine), claims to keep the metal below your waterline as clean as a whistle but at a price many boat owners aren’t likely to pay. PBR Letters/Advisor: 12/06 | |||||
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