Who could have guessed his was half-submerged? Issue 58 : Jan/Feb 2008 My ignition key had to be wiggled to get the engine instruments to become active and, since the same “wiggle” could happen on the...
If there’s a hole in the hull, be sure to peek before it leaks Issue 65 : Mar/Apr 2009 Every inboard-powered boat has a number of holes through its bottom. The cooling-water intake, the rudder, and th...
A hatch trick restores the view ahead Issue 68 : Sept/Oct 2009 On some boats, the field of view from the helm is quite poor. We faced this problem on our Sisu 26. It was built in 1985 and some of the ...
In case the splice doesn’t play nice . . . Issue 76 : Jan/Feb 2011 I have eye-spliced my new anchor rode to the nylon thimble, seized the splice with small nylon twine to help keep things in place, an...
It’s rugged, enduring and, er, rustic Issue 102 : May/Jun 2015 When I had my wooden dock built in the late 1980s, the builder asked me if I wanted expensive metal cleats or less-expensive cleats. I ch...