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How the holes in your hull can take your boat down Issue 73 : Jul/Aug 2010 Although fiberglass, steel, and aluminum are not naturally buoyant, they can be fabricated into a shape like a boat hull that will float . . . until it’s punctured. In spite of that truth, we deliberately puncture our hulls...
Listening to the lovely sound of no engine Issue 73 : Jul/Aug 2010 “If you don’t mind, let’s not start the engine yet,” Jim said as we sailed across a tide rip between Sucia Island and Patos Island State Parks, in Washington’s San Juans. “I’d like to practice as a team, doing everything we can...
What advertising and operating manuals don’t tell you Issue 73 : Jul/Aug 2010 Retrofitting your good old boat with a new GPS receiver? A GPS chart plotter? Beware. Whatever the salesman told you, whatever you learned in the advertising and promotion, whatever you read online and in the owner’s manual — it’s not the whole...
Keep your onboard supply fresh and pure Issue 74 : Sept/Oct 2010 Keeping the water in a sailboat’s tanks tasting fresh is often a challenge and, if a tank goes bad, the consequences can be outright awful. This is especially a problem when you’re away in a remote location. The cause of the trouble can...
