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Tie ’em fore and aft Issue 101 : Mar/Apr 2015 If you have external halyards on your boat, no doubt you’ve been awakened at night by the annoying clanging of a loose halyard rapping against the mast. Try as you might to tie things off, if the wind shifts or increases, what was once a...
But we are united under one: sailor Issue 99 : Nov/Dec 2014 I’ve grown weary of the labels that divide us: deniers, alarmists, extremists, centrists, greens, tree-huggers, libertarians, progressives, socialists, and communists. Also One-Percenters, Occupy Wall Streeters, Tea Partiers, Baby Boomers, Millennials, Gen Xers, Gen Yers, workers, taxpayers, and welfare takers. I won’t even start...
The head-to-wind drop under sail or power Issue 101 : Mar/Apr 2015 No matter how you anchor, the basics are the same: have your ground tackle ready for instant use, choose your anchorage with care, and visualize your boat spaced evenly among neighboring boats while riding at the perimeter of a circle drawn by your...
It’s a springtime rite in a boatyard Issue 102 : May/Jun 2015 It begins slowly. Just a rustling of loosened winter covers and the occasional soft thump as hatches open and close. It’s not that the boatyard was ever completely deserted during the winter (see “Boatyard Ghosts,” November 2013), but traffic starts to pick up...
