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Famous wooden ocean racer now modified for shorthanded cruising Issue 32 : Sept/Oct 2003 Improbable is the wrong name for this boat. Logical would be better, or Synergy, or Refinement. I wasn’t thinking about names when I first spotted her at Seattle’s Shilshole Marina. I simply responded to the boat’s great lines, clean open decks,...

Simple ebb and flow results from highly complicated physics Issue 32 : Sept/Oct 2003 Poets and ancient cultures have long compared life itself with the tides. Historically, a flood tide has been considered an omen of good fortune, and an ebb tide has been looked at with foreboding; in fact along the North Sea coast...

Try this logical, six-step method to eliminate impulse purchases Issue 35 : Mar/Apr 2004 Is choosing the boat that’s right for you like selecting an appliance or more like falling in love? Is it a matter of the head or the heart? When my wife, Kathleen, and I decided to begin our search for the...

Bluewater or coastal, weather controls all Issue 35 : Mar/Apr 2004 Weather cells move through our cruising grounds in about three days in summer and closer to two days in fall and spring. If you sail a coastal cruiser on Lake Superior, that is probably the most important thing that you can know. It is...