Applying the principle without the cost Issue 90: May/June 2013 It’s impossible to build with fiberglass for very long without having occasion to think that a vacuum-bagging setup would be convenient....
You can’t take all of them with you . . . Issue 91 : Jul/Aug 2013 One of the things I knew I’d miss most, once we cast off the docklines and went cruising on the 31-foot Cape George cutter I’d built f...
Five ideas that flunked; five that made the grade Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 In the years since we launched her, our home-finished 31-foot Cape George cutter has been subjected to perhaps the most rigor...
An old-time rope trick saves the docklines Issue 93 : Nov/Dec 2013 Not until our family spent our third winter aboard while cruising on Ganymede — our home-finished Cape George 31 cutter — did we have...
Limiting wear from beach landings Issue 94 : Jan/Feb 2014 The cruising life is a hard one for dinghies, especially in tidal areas where they often have to be dragged 100 feet and more up pebble beache...
Priceless memories acquired for little outlay Issue 96 : May/Jun 2014 In all the books I read growing up, cruising sailors generally came across as an un-wealthy bunch. Tristan Jones, whether his tale...
A pie plate lets in great helpings of sky Issue 97 : Jul/Aug 2014 While preparing Ganymede, our Cape George 31 cutter, for a summer cruise in northern waters, we thought it would be nice to get more l...