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Vegetable oil fixed one, the other remains Issue 73 : Jul/Aug 2010 My usual motto, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” has served me well in many life experiences but has never been the best strategy to use in relation to boats. Comprised as it is of a series of interdependent systems, every sailboat...
Cruisers pull together for the dear departed Issue 73 : Jul/Aug 2010 The brassy summer sun beat down on the tiny Turkish port of Marmaris. Tom, the crusty old Brit, sat sweating under his cockpit awning as he surveyed the village across the glassy bay. He had been cruising the eastern Mediterranean in his raised-deck...
Employ virtual dock hands to control your boat’s bow Issue 73 : Jul/Aug 2010 At our marina, the finger piers are aligned north and south but the winds are generally easterly or westerly. On most days, therefore, half the boats face the problem, when arriving or leaving, of the wind blowing their bows away from...
The ins and outs and aftermath Issue 73 : Jul/Aug 2010 Flash — BANG! My eyes flew open. I had been sound asleep, so it took me a second to orient myself. I was sleeping in the V-berth, the hatch above me was open, and it was eerily quiet. Then the sky lit up a...
