A loop of Amsteel cordage attached to a chain hook is slipped over a mooring cleat. This simple arrangement takes the strain off the windlass on Bob Steadman’s Cascade 36, Bettie.

Taking up the mooring strain Issue 59 : Mar/Apr 2008 To take the strain off our windlass, I needed a chain stopper. I found some nice ones on the market, but they were expensive and I had to come up w...

The WaterTender 9.4 has a tri-hull configuration, facing page, and can be stowed below the boom. It can plane at 15 knots with just one person, at left, and serves as the family washing machine after a rainfall, at right.

Singing the praises of a hard, non-inflatable dinghy Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 Over the last 20 years i have worn out two inflatable dinghies. As the kids grew, we put lots of happy miles on both of the...