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Keep your batteries topped up with a slow but steady charge Issue 46 : Jan/Feb 2006 On a bright, sunny day, with the sun directly overhead, the sun supplies about 1,000 watts of energy per square meter. If all the energy across the sun’s electromagnetic spectrum could be collected, it wouldn’t take a very large...
It’s for the hardy and it starts at 50 degrees north Issue 52: Jan/Feb 2007 LATELY I’VE HAD REASON TO CONTEMPLATE THE CHARMS AND challenges of high-latitude sailing. Since we’ve just completed the production of our audiobook of Dave and Jaja Martin’s Into the Light, narrated by Jaja, I’ve become very well acquainted with the...
Home canning is the answer for fridge-less cruisers Issue 46 : Jan/Feb 2006 On Lake Superior’s north shore one brilliant sunny day we met a lovely young couple who informed us that, in spite of having 10 days left for their holiday, they had to cut their cruise short and go into town (40 miles...
A DIY kit to soothe those aching teeth Issue 52: Jan/Feb 2007 TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM ANY CHANCE OF HELP, THERE WAS a blinding pain. I found myself staring down at a chunk of metal in my hand. The hole it had left in my molar felt like a crater. Bluewater cruising and a lost...
