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Creating a bug-free zone down below Issue 67: July/Aug 2009 When you’re anchored in a marshy cove, it’s important to keep the bugs from invading the confined space belowdecks. Even if they aren’t the kind that bite or sting, once they get in they may have some trouble getting out, becoming annoying captives whose incessant...
His magnum opus inspires anew Issue 65 : Mar/Apr 2009 Jerry and I were in awe of Don Casey in 1997 when we started our new magazine named with a nod of appreciation to Don’s popular book, This Old Boat. We didn’t know Don personally yet, but once we’d chosen the name for our magazine,...
Banish those not-so-good old-boat odors Issue 65 : Mar/Apr 2009 When our good friends Jeff and Dawn told us they had just purchased a liveaboard sailboat, I knew what would make the perfect “boat warming” gift: a starter kit of essential oils and natural cleaners that really work and smell great too. This gave me...
Use your own observations to refine the local forecast Issue 66 : May/Jun 2009 A big part of guessing what the weather will do is knowing what it has just done. Reading Gord May’s excellent article, “Weather Basics,” in the November 2005 issue, prompted me to write about what we do on Callisto that helps...
