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All you ever wanted to know — and much more Issue 32 : Sept/Oct 2003 Webster’s dictionary: Scend (send), n. [<send, assumed to be a contr. of ascend], the upward heaving of a ship: correlative of pitch. v.i. to be heaved upward as by a wave: said of a ship. Also spelled send. More than...
A determined sojourner ends a long search for the right boat Issue 32 : Sept/Oct 2003 It was the way the sails seemed more like wings than cloth that held me transfixed that summer morning as I stood looking out over the open sea. In my fancy I saw the two billowing white pinions carrying...
Try this logical, six-step method to eliminate impulse purchases Issue 35 : Mar/Apr 2004 Is choosing the boat that’s right for you like selecting an appliance or more like falling in love? Is it a matter of the head or the heart? When my wife, Kathleen, and I decided to begin our search for the...
Bluewater or coastal, weather controls all Issue 35 : Mar/Apr 2004 Weather cells move through our cruising grounds in about three days in summer and closer to two days in fall and spring. If you sail a coastal cruiser on Lake Superior, that is probably the most important thing that you can know. It is...
