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Inexpensive pipe fittings beat the cost of custom Issue 111: Nov/Dec 2016 On a beautiful March weekend in the Pacific Northwest, my partner, Fiona, and I decided to go for a cruise aboard MonArk, our 1979 Dufour 35. Immediately after we started the engine, the smell of exhaust began to permeate the interior. We hadn’t...
Dreams fulfilled, sailors return to an unsteady terra firma Issue 111: Nov/Dec 2016 Odysseus, I was recently reminded, eventually got so fed up with his sea travels that he wanted to walk inland carrying an oar on his shoulder. When someone asked what the thing on his shoulder was, he’d stop and make that place...
Simple gifts of welcome or thanks Issue 111: Nov/Dec 2016 While cruising, we receive help from other sailors on an almost daily basis. While a bottle of wine rarely goes unappreciated, it’s sometimes nice to say “thank you” with something special and homemade. Here are some of my favorite gifts, all of them quick to...
Revealing storm structure through scanning strategies Issue 111: Nov/Dec 2016 In the first part of this two-part series (in the September 2016 issue), Mark explained the basics of Doppler weather radar and described the most common image types created from the data. In this second part, he looks at the behavior of radar beams and...
