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A drop-in alcohol stove is an easy, functional fit Issue 79: July/Aug 2011 Like most older boats, ours came with a worn-out and obsolete stove. Sarmiento, our Bristol 35.5, had a pressurized-alcohol fixed-mounted stovetop that had seen better days. It wouldn’t fi t our needs for several reasons. We wanted a gimbaled stove so we...
Reviving a derelict dory sparked a young boy’s passion Issue 79: July/Aug 2011 We rescued Hee Haw from death at the hands of a boatyard employee armed with a can of gasoline and a match. She was a 16-foot open sailing dory, but to a 7-year-old boy, she was the sovereign of the seas. It...
Ways to cope with motion unease Issue 79: July/Aug 2011 Call it mal de mer, Neptune’s revenge, or the breakwater flu . . . chances are, if you venture very far offshore, you will become acquainted with the most unwelcome of on-board guests: seasickness. This malady spares few sailors and usually amounts to nothing worse...
A long-term cruising sailor comes clean Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 When we made our escape from the house, careers, and land nine years ago, certain domestic chores followed us on board our Creekmore, Eurisko. We still had to feed, educate, clean up after, and clothe our three growing boys. Since we were cruising on...
