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Keep that mainsail attached to the mast Issue 87 : Nov/Dec 2012 It is very likely that a sail loft seized the slugs or slides to the luff of your mainsail, mizzen, or trysail. Since that time, those seizings have been slowly chafing and eventually they will fail. If you’re cruising when that happens, you...
Bronx high schoolers learn life skills from the keel up Issue 87 : Nov/Dec 2012 The South Bronx may be the last place one would associate with handmade wooden boats. Yet head to the industrial neighborhood of Hunts Point, hard by the world’s largest food distribution center, right next to the metal recycling facility, and...
A sewing sailor needs her own pair of pliers Issue 87 : Nov/Dec 2012 Here’s a little-known fact: any sailor who sews should have a pair of pliers in his or her sail-repair kit. Pliers are just the thing for pulling (and sometimes pushing) a needle through eight or more layers of sailcloth when sewing...
Old socks for laid-up standing rigging Issue 90: May/June 2013 We remove our boat’s mast every year when we lay her up and store her for the winter. When we’re doing the annual haulout, I have some old socks and short lengths of light line at the ready. As soon as we disconnect a shroud...
