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Cast resin is a clear alternative to glass Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 We have a love/hate relationship with deck prisms. We love the warm, diffused light they provide but they are downright annoying when they start to leak. On Nine of Cups, our 1986 Liberty cutter, not only were most of the prisms leaking,...
Warm up those earbuds and chill . . . Issue 83: March/April 2012 About this time of year, the northern sailors among us get a bit weary of winter. We start attending boat shows. Even shows that don’t have many sailboats have a certain appeal right now. You’ll find us draining our savings accounts for...
And we carry their lessons far from the water Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 A boat — especially an old boat — is a good teacher. It teaches us how to fix things. We read manuals, magazine articles, and books. I learned to paint by reading the label on the can. Ditto for varnishing. We...
Age and patience make up for fading youth and verve Issue 84 : May/Jun 2012 There comes a tide in the affairs of men that, taken at the flood, sucks them swiftly away from the sea and boats and strands them for the best part of two decades on the reefs of Marriage, Career, Home,...
