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Issue 25 : Jul/Aug 2002 At our dock we have three shore cables: the 35-amp AC power cable, the telephone cable, and the cable-TV. To keep the shore-end plugs of these cables out of the weather when they’re are not being used, we’ve installed a short section of capped PVC pipe of appropriate diameter on...
Issue 25 : Jul/Aug 2002 I sometimes feel that I have been swimming and sailing upstream all my life. I am one of the few sailors who has, over the years, moved down, rather than up, in boat size. But ah, the pleasures of owning and sailing small boats. As with most things having to...
Ample food gives you more cruising choices Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 WHETHER IT’S FOR A WEEKEND OR a season, I provision with every calorie, can, vitamin, and victual I can cram in. Excess food is cheap insurance. With an ample pantry, we can decide to linger longer or take the long way home. Extra food...
Rigorous and expensive surveys lead to yacht certification Issue 27: Nov/Dec 2002 MANY READERS WILL HAVE HEARD of Lloyd’s Rules or, perhaps, seen ads boasting that this or that yacht has been designed to Lloyd’s Rules or is classed Lloyd’s 100A1. A few readers may even own a yacht classed 100A1. So what does this...
