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One boat’s discard is another’s chill deal Issue 122: Sept/Oct 2018 One day at the dock, my slip neighbor James asked me if I had a need for a refrigeration unit on my 1965 Alberg 35. “I had to replace mine last year,” he said. “My dad fiddled around with it, found a leak, and...
We learn to expect the unexpected, then tell the story Issue 122: Sept/Oct 2018 Fifteen miles off the coast of Mexico on a sunny New Year’s Day, 2012, the autopilot steering, my wife, Windy, and I and our two daughters were eating lunch on the foredeck of our home, a 40-foot sloop. Windy saw it...
Notes for creating harmony on board Issue 123: Nov/Dec 2018 On a torturous August crossing of Lake Superior from Isle Royale to Grand Marais, the wind was either light and on the nose or roaring up randomly. Steep and confused swells shoved Hola, our Moody 376, from every direction. Drop after icy-cold drop of rain...
They’d set sail tomorrow if it weren’t for . . . Issue 125: March/April 2019 We see it all the time. A boat is purchased and an announcement made, but, after some time has passed, either reality or nerves derail a bold plan to sell all and sail into the sunset. No doubt the...
