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Protecting cored laminates from failure around fittings Issue 71 : Mar/Apr 2010 Though most older fiberglass boats have hulls of solid laminate, their decks normally are built of two thin skins of fiberglass enveloping a different material. This “sandwich” construction has big structural advantages. Cored laminate is much lighter and stiffer than solid laminate. As...
High winds and freak waves trap lake cruisers in a river Issue 71 : Mar/Apr 2010 Two artist friends and I spent more than a week in June 2003 sailing my traditional 27-foot cutter along Lake Superior’s eastern shore north of the town of Wawa. The next city of any size, Marathon, is more than...
Stay safe and sane when sailing singlehanded Issue 71 : Mar/Apr 2010 My friend Dorothy’s brother was visiting from Ohio. She said he was a fellow sailor and invited me over for dinner. Her brother turned out to be Robert Manry, who’d just crossed the Atlantic in his now legendary Tinkerbelle — at 13 1/2...
Learn to make safer, faster passages Issue 71 : Mar/Apr 2010 After spending a few days in Jacksonville, Florida, we planned to head out the St. Johns River and then turn south into the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW). We knew that once we made the turn, we’d have to decide whether to stop at one of...
