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The fine art of achieving small victories over the ravages of time Issue 9 : Nov/Dec 1999 The joy of installing new equipment in your good old boat is sometimes turned into teeth-gnashing frustration when removing the bad old equipment. Disintegrating metals, frozen bolts or screws, and remarkably persistent adhesives can drive you right into...
Issue 9 : Nov/Dec 1999 Despite the popular notion today, fiberglass and plastic resins were not “new” technology in the mid-1950s, nor was Clinton Pearson the first person to use them to build sailboats. This begs the question: who did build the first fiberglass sailboat? According to Dan Spurr, editor of Practical Sailor, and the...
Controlling your environment makes you a better, safer sailor Issue 10 : Jan/Feb 2000 As a person to whom quality time and time aboard are synonymous, I often daydream of idyllic passages through tropical seas with steady trade winds, puffy white clouds, and sun-sparkled wave tips at my back. Moments later, reality returns to find...
What to do with used boat gear; where to find “good old stuff” Issue 10 : Jan/Feb 2000 Bingham & Associates Ray Bingham says being the match-maker for sailors and used gear is “a lifestyle.” He spent a lot of time prowling the shelves at a friend’s marine consignment shop in Virginia. Later, when he...
