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They gnaw on metal and at your peace of mind Issue 87 : Nov/Dec 2012 When I was a child my cousin told me not to look under the bed because “there could be monsters under there.” It would be terribly frightening to look and find a monster. If you don’t look, you don’t know....
A secondhand book illustrates a sea change in onboard roles Issue 87 : Nov/Dec 2012 Boats and books do the same thing: they transport you to distant places and, if their builders have knocked together craft that are good and true, to another time as well. Just such a craft found itself hard aground on...
A good old springline suffices on a good old boat Issue 87 : Nov/Dec 2012 I recently came across a new Jeanneau with the 360 Docking system. A drive leg that rotates through 360 degrees, coupled with a bow thruster, allows the operator to maneuver the boat in virtually any direction, including to parallel park,...
A sewing sailor needs her own pair of pliers Issue 87 : Nov/Dec 2012 Here’s a little-known fact: any sailor who sews should have a pair of pliers in his or her sail-repair kit. Pliers are just the thing for pulling (and sometimes pushing) a needle through eight or more layers of sailcloth when sewing...
