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When your good old back’s not up to it anymore, let a windlass do the donkey work Issue 13 : Jul/Aug 2000 It’s strange how much difficulty we owners of older boats have in finding $500 to $1,000 to replace an old kitchen appliance or to provide new furniture for the den . . ....
Issue 13 : Jul/Aug 2000 It was quiet in the marina. I was up the mast attending to a recalcitrant anchor light. A U.S. Coast Guard boat with two large outboards idled into the entrance and up and down the lines of docked boats. I knew enough to keep an eye on the big red...
How to drink, shower, and wash the dishes on about a gallon a day Issue 13 : Jul/Aug 2000 Depending on the source you quote, the average landlubber uses between 70 and 120 gallons of fresh water a day. The average sailor could cross an ocean on that amount of water. Conserving fresh water is...
Expert or beginner, when you make melodies afloat, you’ll make friends Issue 15 : Nov/Dec 2000 When Sylvia and I lived aboard our 30-year-old Nicholson 26 for a year, the best and driest locker was kept for our two most valuable instruments. The boxes were much the same size, one old and one new, and...
