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Ignore chafing gear, and your gently aging boat will begin showing her age Issue 8 : Sept/Oct 1999 One of the fastest ways to get a good old boat looking and acting older than its actual age is to forget about chafing gear. Sheets, halyards, dock lines, blocks, and sails all suffer unnecessarily when you...
. . . this one’s for Biddy Issue 8 : Sept/Oct 1999 Way back before Noah, when Someone was first organizing His thoughts on putting together the universe, it seems obvious He was striving for the sweet perfection of balance. Men and women, land and water, darkness and light, good and evil, chocolate and liver....
Ease that fear of falling: Techniques for making a trip up the stick safer Issue 8 : Sept/Oct 1999 The only sure things in life are death, taxes, and that — sooner or later — you will have to go up your mast. Many people dread going aloft and will do just about anything to...
Issue 9 : Nov/Dec 1999 As you are aware, proper helm balance is a very desirable factor on a sailing yacht and can make the difference between a craft that is enjoyable to sail and one that has a helm that would rupture a gorilla, exhausting and exasperating her crew. The ideal vessel will have...
