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Issue 24 : May/June 2002 After repainting the hull on our Yankee Seahorse 24, the rubrail, when compared with the new paint, suddenly looked worse than ever. We tried the Tyco catalog but couldn’t find a workable insert for our aluminum channel rail. Replacing the aluminum channel rail was not only expensive and time-consuming, but...
You’ve got to/you’re gonna hit some docks Issue 23 : Mar/Apr 2002 I’ve heard it said that one of the differences between the sexes is that a woman will hit a dock and say, “I wonder what I did wrong,” and a man will hit the same dock in the same maneuver and say, “Who...
Having capitulated, here’s how to raise the waterline Issue 24 : May/June 2002 In the course of family boating history, some truths become self-evident. One of these is that boats get smaller. Sailing is not always an inexpensive form of transportation. Waterlines (as well as beltbuckle holes) disappear under increasing weight. This last problem (the...
Things you need with you when you get away from it all Issue 24 : May/June 2002 Successful cruising is largely about independence — not in the sense of being indefinitely self-sufficient, but in that the boat and her crew can deal with most eventualities unaided, or at least put up with the consequences. Many...
