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A classy English lady gets a facelift Issue 45 : Nov/Dec 2005 In this two-part series, which began in the September 2005 issue, James Baldwin discussed interior modifications, including cabinets, lockers, and the hull liner, of Jeff Fletcher’s Echo, restored with the help of James’ wife, Mei. Now he begins with the headliner and discusses...
How an old wooden 25-foot gaffer found a new home Issue 45 : Nov/Dec 2005 It was one of those days in Washington’s San Juan Islands, early January 2002. One of those cheerful Seattle gray-sky days, one of those air-eerie-with-mist days, one of those not-quite-cold-enough-for-a-winter-coat days. “Let’s go buy a boat,” I said with a...
Going cruising? Here’s how to read the weather maps Issue 45 : Nov/Dec 2005 Ode to the Weatherman And in the dying embers, These are my main regrets: When I’m right, no one remembers; When I’m wrong, no one forgets. The weather affects every person every day, but few people are more affected by weather...
How to move your stranded boat by human power Issue 46 : Jan/Feb 2006 My edition of the Oxford English Dictionary lists the origin of the word “kedge” as “uncertain” but goes on to describe it as “a verb meaning to move a ship by means of a hawser attached to a kedge (noun), a...
