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Flat, yes; horizontal, no Issue 76 : Jan/Feb 2011 Finding charts we’d stored on board our 34-foot Creekmore, Eurisko, used to be a constant game of hide and seek. When we put charts on the navigation station (a logical choice), one of the kids would move them to get into the refrigerator underneath. The dinette...
Joint ownership provided a path to the water Issue 76 : Jan/Feb 2011 Picnicking one day in a park in Oxford, Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay, we watched sailboats glide into a wooded anchorage. That did it. I had moved to the Washington, D.C., area to be closer to my then girlfriend, but the possibility of...
As fast as physics allows Issue 76 : Jan/Feb 2011 Although it’s somewhat of a misnomer, the term “displacement hull” is used in reference to a boat whose displacement at speed is the same as its displacement at rest. All hulls displace their own weight at rest (see “Buoyancy and Displacement 101,” September), but some...
There’s more to their lines than meets the eye Issue 77 : Mar/Apr 2011 A typical fleet of good old cruising boats will show tremendous variety in the design and layout of their decks. The typical fleet of modern raceboats will show a remarkable sameness and consistency in their deck designs and layouts. A raceboat...
