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A cheap boat and cheaper labor add up to sailing riches Issue 87 : Nov/Dec 2012 I had put our O’Day 22 on the local Craigslist and was hoping to find her a new captain by the end of May. We had sailed her out of Lansing, New York, on Cayuga Lake for five years...
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...
